LATEST NEWS

Latest News and Monitoring from Local Media Case Studies

Photojournalist attacked by protesters in Oakland, U.S.

A photojournalist taking a video after a deadly shooting next to the Occupy Oakland camp in San Francisco last week was attacked by members of the movement. The shooting appears to be unrelated to the movement. Randy Davis, a photojournalist for ABC7, was beaten by members of the Occupy Oakland group when he tried to […]

Read More

Greek criminal case against German journalists sparks concern

The Greek authorities are continuing to pursue criminal charges against German journalists over material that appeared in Germany’s FOCUS magazine, and on its website, FOCUS online. The journalists had criticised Greece over the debt crisis in two articles and a travel feature. A number of Greek lawyers subsequently claimed that as Greek citizens they had […]

Read More

Amnesty International report details crackdown on dissent in Azerbaijan

The government of Azerbaijan has stepped up its campaign to silence independent media and free expression in the country, according to a new report by Amnesty International. In the report, called “The spring that never blossomed: Freedoms suppressed in Azerbaijan,” Amnesty details a worsening human rights situation in the oil-rich former Soviet republic.  The group […]

Read More

South Sudan editors still in detention

The International Press Institute (IPI) calls for the immediate release of the editor and deputy editor of The Destiny newspaper in South Sudan, who were arrested just days after the paper – now banned – published its first issue. Ngor Garang and Dengdit Ayok have been in detention since 2 November and 5 November, respectively. […]

Read More