A radio commentator was shot dead in The Philippines on Monday, confirming the country as one of the most dangerous places for journalists. Romeo Olea, who hosted a morning programme at the local private radio station dwEB-FM in Nabua town, was shot twice in the back while riding his motorcycle to work in the neighboring […]

Philippines radio commentator Datu Roy Quijada Gallego was killed on Sunday by unknown hit-men on a motorcycle as he drove on his motorcycle on the national highway in the Surigao del Sur province in Mindanao. Gallego was reportedly declared dead upon arrival at the Lianga District Hospital. Police said that Gallego’s murder may be linked […]

The International Press Institute is deeply disturbed by the killing of a Chinese journalist, who was beaten to death while investigating an unlicensed coalmine. China Trade News reporter Lan Chengzhang, 35, and two colleagues were attacked in Datong’s Hunyuan county, in the northern province of Shanxi, on 9 January. Lan died in hospital on the […]

A reporter for the BBC World Service and Pajhwok Afghan News agency was killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan today, for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility, according to the BBC and other international news reports. Ahmad Omed Khpalwak, 25, had worked as a stringer for the BBC Pashto service since 2008 and had […]