A Somali radio journalist kidnapped in Mogadishu on 27 March was freed on Thursday. Radio journalist Abdul Karim Mohamed Hersi was freed last night by the Islamist insurgent group Al Shabab, according to National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) Coordinator Mohamed Ibrahim. Hersi, a reporter with Mogadishu-based Radio Holy Koran, had been taken from the […]

The debate on Internet censorship in China flared today with reports that Yahoo Email accounts of foreign journalists in the country had been hacked and blocked, or were otherwise rendered inaccessible. According to the Associated Press, several foreign correspondents based in China have reported receiving error messages when attempting to log into Yahoo Email accounts. […]

Lebanese journalist and former anchorwoman May Chidiac was today declared an IPI World Press Freedom Hero, in recognition of her continued and fearless engagement for the cause of press freedom and independent reporting. Known for her criticism of Syria’s political sway over Lebanon – an issue not many people dared talk about in Lebanon – […]

Two radio journalists were ambushed and shot at close range in eastern Honduras on Friday. Jose Bayardo Mairena, 52, and Manuel Juarez, 55, were driving from the city Catacamas after hosting a radio programme. Their vehicle was ambushed by unidentified gunmen near Juticalpa in the eastern province of Olancho. The gunmen reportedly sprayed the car […]