A former editor of a Kurdish-language newspaper in Turkey is facing a 525-year sentence, less than two weeks after his successor was also imprisoned. Vedat Kurşun, former editor of Kurdish daily, Azadiya Welat, has been charged with 105 counts of “helping and abetting the PKK organization by spreading propaganda” and “glorifying crimes and criminals” in articles […]

There has been no news of an Iraqi journalist kidnapped on Wednesday in the city of Kirkuk, a knowledgeable source told IPI on Friday. IPI has decided not to name the source for security reasons. Hussam Dawood al-Eqabi, a journalist for local al-Ahed radio station, was abducted by four armed men while on his way […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) on Thursday named Lasantha Wickrematunge, a former editor of Sri Lankan daily newspaper The Sunday Leader and fearless critic of the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger (LTTE) militants, as its 53rd World Press Freedom Hero. Wickrematunge was shot by unidentified attackers close to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on […]

Lasantha Wickrematunge, a former editor of Sri Lankan daily newspaper The Sunday Leader who was shot dead in January 2009, has been posthumously declared an IPI World Press Freedom Hero. Wickrematunge, one of the most persistent critics of both the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger (LTTE) militants, was shot by unknown assailants near the Sri […]