The International Press Institute (IPI) today honoured Radio Okapi, based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the 2010 ‘Free Media Pioneer’ award. Radio Okapi began broadcasting on 25 February 2002 as a public service station with the aim of contributing to the building of peace in the DRC. The radio station is jointly […]

A defamation case brought against renowned Egyptian journalist Hamdi Kandil earlier this year was referred to the criminal court by the public prosecutor yesterday, according to agency news reports. On 18 May, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit filed charges of “insulting and libelling a public servant or citizen performing their work” against Kandil, for […]

Fourteen years ago, Irish crime reporter Veronica Guerin, whose investigations into Dublin’s seedy underbelly had won awards for her and the best-selling Sunday Independent, was gunned down by an unknown killer while she waited in traffic. Last week, an Irish fugitive wanted in connection with her murder was arrested in Amsterdam in a cooperative effort between […]

The International Press Institute today declared Cuban blogger Yoani Maria Sanchez Cordero its 60th World Press Freedom Hero. Sanchez’s blog, Generation Y, is an acerbic critique of life in Cuba, and a telling reminder to the world of the restraints on free speech and expression on the Caribbean island. Sanchez, a graduate of Havana University, left […]