In an unexpected telephone call broadcast live during a television show on Italy’s TV channel LA7, the country’s prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, criticized the programme, calling it a “brothel” and “a disgusting show, conducted in a despicable, vile and repulsive way.” The 24 January political talk show, “L’Infedele” (“The Infidel”), hosted by well known Italian […]

Liberian newspaper publisher and editor in chief Rodney Sieh was released from prison on Sunday after serving one day of a 30-day sentence for contempt of court. Sieh, who publishes FrontPage Africa newspaper and its online site, was charged with contempt because of a letter to the editor that was published in the newspaper on […]

A radio journalist was killed yesterday in the Philippines, the first murder of a journalist since Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino became president of the country on 30 June 2010 promising to fight corruption and impunity. According to IPI’s data, a total of 98 journalists have been killed in the Philippines since 2000 as a consequence of […]

Over 20 representatives of Bangladesh’s print and broadcast media have met in the country’s capital, Dhaka, to discuss threats and challenges facing the media in Bangladesh, and possible solutions. The meeting, held on 10 January 2011 at the Jatri auditorium, at Karwan Bazaar, Dhaka, was organized by the IPI Bangladesh National Committee as part of […]