Three members of the BBC’s Arabic Service team were detained and beaten by Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi’s forces for 21 hours on Monday, according to the BBC and a variety of news outlets. Briton Chris Cobb-Smith, Palestinian Feras Killani, and Turkish cameraman Goktay Koraltan had been trying to reach the rebel- ruled Zawiyah, which […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today renewed its objections to Hungary’s new media law following the adoption of amendments intended to defuse criticism by the European Union. The Hungarian Parliament voted Monday to narrow the law’s scope against foreign media reporting from Hungary, and to eliminate a requirement that on-demand services such as Internet sites […]

The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has begun the process of setting up a statutory media council, The Zimbabwean reported last week. Godfrey Majonga of the ZMC, which last year began the work of licensing media, reportedly told a meeting of editors that the ZMC wants to “kick-start” this process, as they have been receiving an increasing number […]

Journalist Nedim Şener, one of the International Press Institute (IPI)’s World Press Freedom Heroes, has been ordered arrested by an Istanbul court as part of a controversial probe into an alleged plot to overthrow the government, IPI has learned from its Turkish National Committee. Şener and journalist Ahmet Şık, who were detained along with other […]