LATEST NEWS

Latest News and Monitoring from Media Freedom Rapid Response

Syria should return Adem Özköse and Hamit Coşkun to Turkey as soon as possible

The Syrian conflict continues and the country remains a black hole for the mainstream media, with foreign news outlets relying heavily on accounts from activists and citizen reporters to provide news and images, and reports from the correspondents who bravely manage to cross into the country. Two Turkish journalists who had been missing since Sunday, […]

Read More

Colombian radio journalist gunned down

Lea en español A Colombian radio journalist and former mayor was shot and killed Thursday after being lured from his office in the city of Dosquebradas, approximately 170 kilometers southeast of Bogotá. A regional police commander told local media that Argemiro Cárdenas Agudelo, 56, had received a phone call early Thursday afternoon while working inside […]

Read More

Head of Turkish Journalists’ Union ends hunger strike

The head of a union representing Turkish journalists has ended a hunger strike he began last week to protest alleged efforts by management of a state-run news agency to pressure employees to quit the union. Turkish Union of Journalists (TGS) President Ercan Ipekçi said Wednesday that he was ready and willing to continue the hunger […]

Read More

Asesinaron en Colombia a periodista de radio

Read in English Un periodista de radio y ex-alcalde colombiano fue asesinado el jueves luego de haber sido aparentemente engañado para salir de su oficina en la ciudad de Dosquebradas, aproximadamente a 170 kilómetros al suroeste de Bogotá. El comandante de la policía regional comunicó a medios de comunicación regionales que Argemiro Cárdenas Agudelo, de […]

Read More