The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the detention and beating of a leading independent Cuban journalist reportedly by Cuban state security forces, and expressed concern for the whereabouts of a missing correspondent. Roberto de Jesús Guerra, editor of the news website Hablemos Press, was detained along with one of the site’s photographers, Gerardo Youmel […]

Gambian journalists Babucarr Ceesay and Abubacarr Saidykhan were released on bail on Monday. The pair, who were detained over the weekend, were released on a bail bond of 250,000 dalasi (Approx. €6,300) each. Ceesay and Saidykhan are additionally required to report to police headquarters on Sep. 17. IPI sources in the country told IPI earlier […]

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s Freedom and Justice Party said, as part of its party platform, that it would uphold freedom of the press through the “elimination of government-controlled press institutions.” It also guaranteed that press laws would be amended and the Information Ministry would be abolished along with the statutory Supreme Press Council, whose powers […]

Police in Ecuador are investigating the murder of a journalist in western Guayas province, whose body was found a day before a correspondent for the newspaper El Universo received a series of death threats. Luis Arnoldo “Noro” Ruiz, a correspondent for Extra and a former contributor to El Universo was found shot in the head […]