The Iranian authorities have charged two German reporters who work for the tabloid Bild am Sonntag with espionage, following their attempts to interview the lawyer and son of Sakineh Mohammadi Aschtiani, 43, whose 2006 death sentence by stoning prompted international outrage, reports say. The reporter and photojournalist were arrested on 10 October in Tabriz in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) on Friday completed a week-long press freedom mission to Italy during which it met with a broad array of media stakeholders, politicians and government representatives, and concluded that while the media in Italy is marked by a strong degree of freedom, there are pockets of serious concern. IPI noted that […]

Azerbaijan’s highest court on Thursday upheld a 22 April decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), ordering the immediate release of Eynulla Fatullayev, an Azeri journalist who was sentenced in 2007 to eight-and-a-half years in prison for defamation and “fomenting terrorism” through his articles. As IPI reported at the time, the Court voted […]

Newspaper reporter Anatoly Adamchuk was beaten unconscious on Monday, making him the second journalist to be brutally attacked in Russia within 48 hours. Adamchuk, of Zhukovskie Vesti, was beaten by two unidentified men, while leaving his office in the early morning. He was treated for head trauma at the hospital.Russia’s Interior Ministry has meanwhile alleged […]