An Al Jazeera correspondent has reportedly been wounded in Syria and transferred to Turkey for medical treatment, while a Turkish photojournalist was reportedly shot in the foot. Both journalists were injured while covering clashes in Aleppo, the commercial capital of Syria, which has witnessed brutal fighting in recent days. Al Jazeera cameraman Hakan Bayginer told […]

For the second week in a row, the opposition newspaper Feteh was prevented from being printed and distributed, according to a local news report. Temesgen Desalegn, chief editor of Feteh newspaper, was quoted by The Reporter as saying: “It is nothing but an intention to kick us out of the publication business.” The state-owned printing […]

The National Liberation Army (ELN) in Colombia has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of Élida Parra Alfonso, who was abducted on 24 July, the newspaper El Tiempo reported. The journalist hosted a program on children’s rights for the Sarare Stereo radio station, and also worked for the company managing the Bicentennial Pipeline in Saravena, the […]

SILIVRI, Turkey, July 30, 2012 – YOU ARE MY PARTNER IN CRIME “Is there anybody out there?” Every now and then, in my prison cell, where there is a water shortage for 17 hours, the lights are on for 24 hours, and where I am being monitored by two different cameras at all times, I find […]