A Brazilian journalist was shot dead late Sunday by two unknown assailants on a motorcycle in the town of Ponta Porã, near the Paraguayan border. Paulo Roberto Carlos Rodrigues, who went by the name Paulo Rocaro, was driving home through the center of Ponta Porã at approximately 23:30 when the attack occurred, according to Mercosulnews.com, […]

The International Press Institute is outraged at the raid of the offices of Newsday and the search of the senior investigative journalist’s residence on 9 February by the Anti-Corruption Investigations Bureau of Trinidad and Tobago. The police officers executed a warrant and searched Andre Bagoo’s desk in the newsroom during two hours. They went through […]

On Feb. 24, the Court of Appeal in Komotini, north-eastern Greece, is expected to revise the sentence against the Turkish-minority publications Gundem and Millet which have been ordered to pay 150,000 Euros and 120,000 Euros respectively to a local teacher who sued them. The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the […]

It has been a year since the heady days of revolution that lead to the end of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year reign. But a year later, journalists covering the continuing demonstrations are still being targeted in the streets, and those pushing for greater media freedom face setback after setback. The offices of private broadcasters […]