Lea en español A Colombian radio journalist and former mayor was shot and killed Thursday after being lured from his office in the city of Dosquebradas, approximately 170 kilometers southeast of Bogotá. A regional police commander told local media that Argemiro Cárdenas Agudelo, 56, had received a phone call early Thursday afternoon while working inside […]

The head of a union representing Turkish journalists has ended a hunger strike he began last week to protest alleged efforts by management of a state-run news agency to pressure employees to quit the union. Turkish Union of Journalists (TGS) President Ercan Ipekçi said Wednesday that he was ready and willing to continue the hunger […]

Read in English Un periodista de radio y ex-alcalde colombiano fue asesinado el jueves luego de haber sido aparentemente engañado para salir de su oficina en la ciudad de Dosquebradas, aproximadamente a 170 kilómetros al suroeste de Bogotá. El comandante de la policía regional comunicó a medios de comunicación regionales que Argemiro Cárdenas Agudelo, de […]

IPI has joined nearly 20 other organizations in again calling for the release of Mazen Darwish and his colleagues from the Syrian Centre for Media & Freedom of Expression, one month after they were detained during a raid on their Damascus offices. The full text of the statement is below: The Syrian authorities must reveal […]