Respected Russian journalist Oleg Kashin, who was attacked near his house on November 6, yesterday gave evidence to investigators on his attack. Moscow-based news website Lifenews released a graphic video of the attack which left Kashin with a broken jaw, leg, fractured skull, and several crushed fingers. Doctors induced a coma. According to newspaper reports, […]

The Iranian authorities have charged two German reporters who work for the tabloid Bild am Sonntag with espionage, following their attempts to interview the lawyer and son of Sakineh Mohammadi Aschtiani, 43, whose 2006 death sentence by stoning prompted international outrage, reports say. The reporter and photojournalist were arrested on 10 October in Tabriz in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) on Friday completed a week-long press freedom mission to Italy during which it met with a broad array of media stakeholders, politicians and government representatives, and concluded that while the media in Italy is marked by a strong degree of freedom, there are pockets of serious concern. IPI noted that […]

Azerbaijan’s highest court on Thursday upheld a 22 April decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), ordering the immediate release of Eynulla Fatullayev, an Azeri journalist who was sentenced in 2007 to eight-and-a-half years in prison for defamation and “fomenting terrorism” through his articles. As IPI reported at the time, the Court voted […]