On Sunday 6 December, Bolivians will cast their votes in general elections, with the re-election of the incumbent President, Evo Morales, at stake. However, the voting will take place in a media climate that many among the country’s independent press describe as increasingly oppressive and aggressive. In recent weeks alone, attacks on the media have included […]

Six days after the attack against columnist Kamran Shafi in Pakistan’s Punjab region, police have made little progress in bringing the perpetrators to justice. Shafi’s house in the city of Wah was fired upon by unknown gunmen late on 27 November. Shafi and his family were inside the house at the time of the attack. […]

Two unidentified men kidnapped television journalist Paola Mallea on Sunday, 29 November, and kept her locked in a room for over nine hours before leaving her on the outskirts of her home city of Santa Cruz, reports local media organisation the Asociación Nacional de Prensa (ANP). Mallea, a journalist at the Santa Cruz-based broadcaster PAT, […]

On Tuesday, a Tunisian court sentenced editor Zouhair Makhlouf to three months in prison for publishing a damaging interview without consent. He has also been ordered to pay 6,000 Tunisian dinar (about 3,100 Euro) in damages. His lawyers, who plan to appeal the decision, complained that the trial was unfair and that the judge interrupted […]