The International Press Institute has condemned the arrest and detainment of two Russia Today (RT) reporters in the United States. US nationals Kaelyn Forde and Jon Conway were detained on 20 November as they covered an annual demonstration in front of Fort Benning Army Base in Columbus, Georgia. Forde and Conway were charged with unlawful […]

The Post newspaper’s assistant news editor George Chellah was threatened by a group of political party supporters while attending a United Party for National Development (UPND) press conference on Wednesday, 24 November in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, he told IPI by phone today. According to Chellah, he was personally invited to the UPND press conference […]

The WAZ Media Group, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (KAS) and the South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), in cooperation with the Central European Initiative (CEI) and Access Info and together with local partners Pannon Lapok Tarsasaga, HVG, the Network for Reporting on Eastern Europe (N-Ost), Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) and Fuggetlen Mediakozpont (Center for Independent Journalism) […]

Zimbabwean journalist Nqobani Ndlovu was released on 25 November, more than a week after he was arrested in connection with a report alleging that the police force was allowing former war veterans and retired officers to take up senior posts without sitting for promotional examinations. His lawyers are now challenging the constitutionality of the law […]