Journalist Luis Eduardo Gómez was gunned down last week in Colombia, becoming the first journalist to be killed in that country this year. Gómez, 70, was murdered on 30 June in Arboletes (Antioquia) while walking home with his wife. The shooters escaped on motorbikes. An independent journalist who had recently been writing about tourism and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed an appeals court ruling overturning the criminal conviction of a prominent Greek investigative journalist for defamation. A three-judge panel of the Athens Court of Appeal on Monday unanimously threw out the conviction of Kostas Vaxevanis, editor of the investigative magazine HotDoc. A lower court sentenced him to 26 […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the murders of Peruvian radio journalist Julio César Castillo and Brazilian newspaper owner Valerio Nascimento, who were both gunned down in their countries Tuesday in separate incidents. Castillo was shot to death in Virú on the northwest coast of Peru when four unidentified men stormed the restaurant where […]

A journalist has been gunned down in Brazil’s west-central state of Mato Grosso, the fourth to be killed in the country for his work this year, according to the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Death Watch. Local news reported that police said Auro Ida was gunned down on 22 July as he left his girlfriend’s home. […]