The International Press Institute today declared Cuban blogger Yoani Maria Sanchez Cordero its 60th World Press Freedom Hero. Sanchez’s blog, Generation Y, is an acerbic critique of life in Cuba, and a telling reminder to the world of the restraints on free speech and expression on the Caribbean island. Sanchez, a graduate of Havana University, left […]

Radio technician Abdullahi Omar Gedi was killed yesterday in the Garsoor area of Galkayo in Puntland – a semi-autonomous region of Somalia, according to news reports. Gedi, 25, was coming from work at Radio Daljir when he was attacked and stabbed six times, National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) Puntland Coordinator Burhan Ahmed Dahir told […]

As part of this year’s European Forum Alpbach, the International Press Institute (IPI) held a panel discussion titled, “Politicians Construct and Journalists Search for Reality?”, on Monday, 30 August 2010. The IPI panel brought together prominent figures from both sides of the divide to examine the interplay and power dynamics between journalists and politicians, particularly […]

Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika last week threatened to shut down newspapers that “tarnish” his government’s image, according to news reports. The president, who was speaking at an agriculture show in the capital city of Liongwe, seemed to be referring to a story in the privately-owned Malawi News Daily, reports said. The story quoted a […]