Two days after a Zambian court threw out the obscenity charges brought against the Post News Editor Chansa Kabwela, Lusaka Magistrate David Simusamba has ruled that the newspaper’s owner and editor, Fred M’membe, must nonetheless defend himself against “contempt” charges for an op-ed published in his paper about the Kabwela case. M’membe’s trial is now set for […]

A journalist from Turkey’s Adıyaman province returned to his hometown last week after receiving medical treatment in Istanbul, to find that a local criminal court had sentenced him in absentia to over two years in prison for insulting public officials, reports IPI Turkey. Authorities in the eastern province’s Gerger district had brought criminal charges against […]

Two journalists have been shot at and wounded in the last two days in what continues to be a hostile environment for journalists, according to the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ). Voice of America (VOA) reporter Mohammed Yasin Isak was shot in the shoulder Tuesday evening at around 8 p.m. while returning to his […]

The Week correspondent, Bidisha Ghosal, and the English-language daily Indian Express are the joint winners of the 2009 Award for Excellence in Journalism, presented by the Indian chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI). The award ceremony will take place in December. “IPI congratulates the recipients of the IPI-India award on their important achievement,” said IPI Deputy Director […]