The Supreme Court of Slovakia is suing a Slovakian radio station to the tune of €200,000 in a lawsuit alleging that the station falsely suggested that the Supreme Court had spent €32,700 on the refurbishment of the bathroom of the court’s president. If found guilty, the station may be ordered to pay damages to Supreme […]

A journalist was kidnapped, tortured and killed in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Iraqi security forces stated on Thursday. Zardasht Osman, who had been kidnapped two days earlier, was found on a highway. He had been shot two times in the head. The 23-year-old was a university student who freelanced for a number of online […]

The National Union of Journalists (UNP) in Ecuador is calling on the country’s National Assembly to hold a final debate on a draft Organic Law on Communication (Ley Organica de Comunication) before it is passed. The journalists’ union recently presented a 15-page document to authorities calling for more debate on the proposed communications act, which […]

Asad Qureshi, a journalist who was kidnapped along with two former Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) operatives in the Kohat region of Pakistan last month, was today handed over to a third party negotiation team, according to Pakistani broadcaster Dawn News. Qureshi, along with Colonel Imam, one of the former ISI operatives, with close ties […]