A Brazilian cameraman was shot dead on Sunday, 6 November, while covering an anti-drug-trafficking operation in Rio de Janeiro. Gelson Domingos da Silva, who worked for TV Bandeirantes, was hit in the chest by a rifle round in the Antares favela. Although he was wearing a bullet-proof vest, he died on his way to the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) on Wednesday expressed concern at the death of a Bolivian journalist who was killed by an explosive device which caused deadly injuries to his abdomen. David Niño de Guzman, news director of the Agencia de Noticias Fides in La Paz, was found dead 21 April on the shores of the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned by reports that two journalists working for the Renge Heviya Jine magazine in Turkey have been taken into custody for articles they wrote. On 5 December, authorities arrested the former editor-in-chief of the magazine, Berivan Eker, as she was on her way to a meeting with her lawyer. […]

Two Turkish journalists died last week in eastern Turkey when their hotel collapsed in the region’s second major earthquake in the past month. Cem Emir and Sebahattin Yılmaz, both of Turkey’s Doğan News Agency (DHA), had been reported missing after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Van on Wednesday night.  Their bodies were […]