The Venezuelan authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Guillermo Zualoga, the owner of Globovision television station, and his son on charges of conspiracy and usury, according to news reports.  Following the January suspension of opposition-aligned Radio Caracas Television Internacional’s (RCTVI) cable operations, Globovision is Venezuela’s only remaining anti-Chavez news broadcaster, reports say. Zualoga and […]

The International Press Institute calls on the judiciary in Turkey to overturn the sentence imposed on Irfan Aktan, a Turkish journalist, for an article he wrote in October 2009.  The journalist was sentenced on  4 June  to a year and three months in prison, and a fine of 16,000 Turkish Lira was imposed on Merve […]

A controversial law curbing wiretaps and imposing heavy fines on journalists who publish leaked ‘wiretap’ material was passed today by the Italian Senate. The president of the Italian Senate announced that the much-debated wiretap law had been approved by the Senate with 164 votes in favour. Of a total 323 senators, only 189 were in […]

An Italian draft law on wiretapping is to be voted on by the Italian Senate in the coming hours, according to Italian news reports. If passed, the ‘wiretaps’ bill would impose heavy restrictions on magistrates seeking wiretaps, and on journalists who want to publish leaked ‘wiretap’ material. The restrictions would remain in place until the […]