Lea en español A Colombian provincial court this week upheld the defamation conviction of a journalist sentenced last October to more than a year and a half in prison. Luis Agustín González, editor of the Cundinamarca Democrática, had been found guilty on charges of injuria (criminal insult) and libel after publishing an article critical of […]

Read in English Una corte provincial de Colombia confirmó esta semana la condena de un periodista que fue sentenciado en Octubre a más de un año y medio de prisión. Luis Agustín González, editor de Cundinamarca Democrática, había sido encontrado culpable de cometer los delitos de injuria y calumnia luego de publicar un artículo que […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a subsidiary of the International Press Institute (IPI), yesterday released a report on the media situation in Montenegro. SEEMO conducted a press freedom mission to Podgorica, the country’s capital, from Nov. 8-10, 2011. The delegation met with Prime Minister Igor Luksic and Deputy Minister of Culture Zeljko […]

The director of a Somali radio station shut down two years ago by Al Shabab militants was killed outside his home in Mogadishu yesterday. Witnesses told Voice of America (VOA) that two unidentified men carrying pistols shot Abukar Hassan Kadaf early Tuesday evening as the journalist was returning home in the city’s southern Wadajir district. […]