It wasn’t lost on us on Saturday when U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton landed in Haiti, was swarmed by reporters and immediately asked, “Where is the Haitian press?” Her question prompted organizers to move members of the Haitian media to the forefront so that they would have as equal access as the throngs of […]

Three years ago today, a young man approached renowned Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor Hrant Dink in an Istanbul street, and shot him dead. Today – two-and-a-half years into the trial of the alleged gunman and his accomplices – justice has yet to be served in the brutal murder. “The Hrant Dink murder case has been a […]

A district mayor in Peru allegedly burst into a radio presenter’s booth during a live broadcast on Thursday, physically attacking the presenter and damaging his equipment, the Lima-based media freedom monitor, Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS), reported on Friday. The mayor, Ángel Adrián Palomino Ramos of the Ica region’s Pachacutec district, was apparently annoyed by ‘Radio La […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a regional organisation of editors, media executives, owners of media and leading journalists from South East and Central Europe, and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), strongly condemns the murder of Andis Hadjicostis, CEO of the family-controlled Dias media group and Sigma TV in Nicosia, […]