The International Press Institute is deeply disturbed by the killing of a Chinese journalist, who was beaten to death while investigating an unlicensed coalmine. China Trade News reporter Lan Chengzhang, 35, and two colleagues were attacked in Datong’s Hunyuan county, in the northern province of Shanxi, on 9 January. Lan died in hospital on the […]

A reporter for the BBC World Service and Pajhwok Afghan News agency was killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan today, for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility, according to the BBC and other international news reports. Ahmad Omed Khpalwak, 25, had worked as a stringer for the BBC Pashto service since 2008 and had […]

A cameraman for Iranian English-language news network Press TV has died nearly a week after he was injured when a rocket hit the network’s Kabul office as gunmen attacked buildings near the U.S. embassy and NATO headquarters. Press TV reported Tuesday that Farhad Taqaddosi died in a hospital in the Afghan capital city earlier that […]

A week after the death of a photojournalist in violent clashes in Tunisia, IPI urges the authorities to investigate. Lucas Mebrouk Dolega, 32, who worked for European Press Photo Agency (EPA) was struck on Friday 14 January by a police tear-gas canister between his temple and his left eye. Witnesses claim he was deliberately targeted […]