Turkish investigative journalist and International Press Institute (IPI) World Press Freedom Hero Nedim Şener was released from prison today pending trial, after spending more than a year behind bars on charges of aiding a terrorist group. An Istanbul court late this afternoon ordered the release of Şener and three others in the so-called Oda TV […]

The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate has reported that three journalists reporting on a mass wedding of 500 couples in Gaza City were attacked. The mass wedding was organised by local charities in conjunction with Hamas, according to Ramallah-based Maan News. According to the Palestine Press Agency and the Wafa news agency, the journalists who were attacked […]

The Dominican Republic’s first lady, Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, has filed criminal forgery charges against a television commentator who alleged that she stashed millions of euros in a Danish bank account. According to Dominican media, Fernández’s attorney, Luis Miguel Pereira, on Tuesday officially accused the journalist, Marco Martínez of Canal 55, of falsifying documents in […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), strongly condemns the brutal physical attack on Olivera Lakic, an investigative reporter with the Podgorica-based daily Vijesti. When she opened the door of her apartment building, at 9:30 PM on Mar. 7, 2012, a man approached Lakic and hit […]