The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Ukrainian authorities to determine who shot a local reporter in the head this week, leaving him in critical condition, and to bring the assailant to justice. The website novosti-N.mk.ua reported that the journalist, Oleksandr Vlaschenko, who also reports for the Nash Gorod Nikolaev newspaper, was attacked Sunday night in a […]

Gérard Davet, an investigative journalist with French daily newspaper Le Monde, is currently at the centre of a scandal that has led to criminal charges against the head of the country’s domestic intelligence agency for allegedly misusing security services to uncover Davet’s sources. Davet – who uncovered allegations that L’Oreal heiress and billionaire Liliane Bettencourt […]

As Liberia prepares for a presidential run-off election to be held on 8 November, there have been a series of attacks and threats against journalists –  in the latest incident, a radio and television station were targeted in an arson attack. A month and a half ago, David Kolleh of the FrontPage Africa newspaper was intimidated and […]

A Turkish journalist released in June after spending two years in pre-trial detention has died, reportedly as a result of the government’s alleged failure to provide adequate medical care during her incarceration. Hürriyet reported that Suzan Zengin – a human rights activist, journalist and translator who was imprisoned for alleged ties to an illegal organisation […]