IPI is increasingly concerned about the health of Yemeni journalist Abdul Elah Haidar Shaia, who reportedly began a hunger strike on 12 February to protest against his alleged mistreatment, and continued imprisonment. His health is reportedly failing, and he has allegedly been subjected to terrible prison conditions and prevented from receiving visits from his colleagues […]

A television station in Mongolia has been charged with criminal defamation after the station aired a documentary alleging corruption among high-ranking public officials. According to the Mongolian press freedom organisation Globe International, channel TV9, in a documentary titled “Detective-2”, presented apparent evidence of corruption concerning a police investigation into the privatisation of a former government-owned […]

IPI is saddened by the passing of reporter Anthony Shadid of the New York Times, who died of an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria. Shadid, 43, is survived by his parents, wife and two children. The two-time Pulitzer Prize — winning journalist and author died while crossing the Syrian-Turkish border after a […]

A French and Dutch reporter have been attacked as they reported on protests against land sales in China, according to AFP. Remko Tanis, a reporter for the Netherlands Press Association, was attacked on 15 February. A journalist for French 24, Baptiste Fallevoz, and his fixer Jack Zhang were mobbed by a large group, whilst covering […]