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Shots fired at Antiguan reporter

An Antigua and Barbuda-based online news website reported yesterday that one of its journalists had been shot at several times after covering a West Indies cricket match on Sunday night. According to the website, Caribarena, the incident occurred outside of Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua. The journalist escaped the scene unharmed, while […]

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Slovak officials sue tabloid for €940,000

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today criticised lawsuits by current and former members of Slovakia’s judiciary seeking €940,000 from a tabloid that published photographs and video from a 2010 party that appeared to depict acts making light of a mass murder. The Slovak Spectator reported […]

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Mexican online journalist killed, 1st under new administration

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers and Newspaper Publishers (WAN-IFRA) today called for an immediate investigation into the killing of Mexican journalist Jaime Guadalupe González Domínguez in the northern state of Chihuahua on Sunday. According to reports, González, the editor of the news site ojinaganews.com.mx, was intercepted by a group […]

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Bahraini TV station disconnected from its audience

Nearly two years after an upstart TV station kicked off with the intention of serving Bahrain, it is still unable to reach its core audience. Only four hours after Lualua TV, which is licensed in the United Kingdom, started operating from a warehouse in North West London in July 2011, its satellite signal experienced a […]

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