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Threats prompt Kenyan journalist to go underground

Lydia Ngoolo normally covers human interest stories for the Kenya Star. But when the reporter wrote about a house that some neighbours believe was once used by Osama bin Laden and continues to serve as a haven for militants, she began receiving threats by telephone. Ngoolo changed her phone number and went into hiding after […]

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Israel halts printing of Gaza papers in West Bank

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned an Israeli security forces raid on a Palestinian printing plant in an apparent effort to halt publication of several newspapers. Security forces stormed the Al-Ayyam daily and stopped its printing operations, according to the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms and IPI sources. The Ramallah-based newspaper prints […]

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New cases against Turkish journalists raise concerns

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over recent developments in Turkey in which journalists were targeted with excessive prison sentences and the prime minister urged grieving families to sue his media critics. Turkish media reported last week that prosecutors were seeking 26 to 52 years behind bars for daily Taraf journalist Mehmet Baransu and […]

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Corte ordena a un periódico boliviano a revelar sus fuentes

Read this article in English Un juez boliviano dictó, el pasado mes de mayo, una sentencia que obliga a un periodista y a la directora de la misma publicación a revelar las fuentes que utilizaron en la redacción de un artículo de investigación publicado recientemente. Ello, a pesar de que la vigente Ley de Imprenta […]

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