The International Press Institute (IPI) is deeply concerned by reports that Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush threatened two local news organizations with $100,000 in ‘fees’ – and up to three months in jail if they failed to pay up. Speaking at a press conference on 13 May, the Premier spoke of a proposed business fee […]

An Italian photojournalist is reportedly among at least five people killed on Wednesday in Bangkok. The Thai capital has seen widespread rioting in the aftermath of a crackdown by government security forces which led to the surrender of at least four rebel commanders earlier today. “We do not know who killed him”, said Tulsathit Taptim, […]

Police in Latvia on 11 May searched the home of a journalist working for Latvian public TV broadcaster Latvijas Televizija and confiscated her computer, along with other storage media that contained personal information. Latvijas Televizija had broken the story of the leak of millions of documents relating to tax information from the National Revenue Services’ […]

The Bermudan government has drafted a controversial media bill that appears to have more in common with the media legislation of some of the repressive governments in Latin America, than with the First Amendment tradition of one of its close trading partners, the United States. Speaking on 6 May 2010, Bermudan Premier Ewart Brown announced […]