A week after the death of a photojournalist in violent clashes in Tunisia, IPI urges the authorities to investigate. Lucas Mebrouk Dolega, 32, who worked for European Press Photo Agency (EPA) was struck on Friday 14 January by a police tear-gas canister between his temple and his left eye. Witnesses claim he was deliberately targeted […]

(Versione italiana in calce) Hamas officials have said they found the body of an Italian journalist and activist who was kidnapped yesterday in Gaza, reports say. Vittorio Arrigoni, 36, was affiliated with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a pro-Palestinian rights group, and reported on Palestinian issues for the left-wing Italian newspaper Il Manifesto and Peacereporter, […]

Al Jazeera cameraman Ali Hasan Al-Jaber was killed and two others wounded in an apparent ambush by unknown gunmen on Saturday, the network reported. According to the Doha-based news group, Al-Jaber was returning to the rebel-held city of Benghazi after reporting on protests in a nearby town when his vehicle was fired upon. He was […]

After the first free elections held in Libya’s recent history, the country is preparing for a new government that will oversee the creation of a new constitution and, in theory, the institution of democratic values. Former leader Muammar Qaddafi’s regime was known for its brutal suppression of dissent and its tight control over the media, […]