A managing editor for an independent student newspaper was excluded from a pre-season interview session with University of Kentucky basketball players because in his capacity as a journalist he telephoned two of them without the green light from the media relations department, the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper reported on 31 August. The case has drawn attention […]

IPI is alarmed to learn that Journalistes en Danger (JED) President Donat M’Baya Tshimanga and JED Secretary-General Tshivis Tshivuadi have received death threats in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in connection with their press freedom work. According to Reporters without Borders, Tshivuadi and Tshimanga received an Email at around 2 pm on 26 August […]

Legislative Decree No. 108, passed by the Syrian Cabinet on Sunday 28 August, will entrench government control over the media, criminalize criticism, and put media regulation in the direct control of the Syrian cabinet, according to IPI’s analysis of a summary published by the Syrian Arab News Agency. According to the SANA summary, the law […]

A reporter for People’s Daily newspaper in Nigeria was allegedly beaten by Special Task Force (STF) soldiers and prevented from seeking medical assistance for two hours on Tuesday. Bayo Alabira was stopped as he was leaving his home to go to work, and was passing through an area that soldiers were guarding ahead of potential […]