The Tunisian Chamber of Deputies yesterday passed a new law under which press freedom activists and other human rights defenders could find themselves jailed for up to 12 years in times “of war” – and five in peace time-  if they lobby against Tunisia’s economic interests. The act amends Article 61 bis. of the […]

Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed journalist Joselito Agustin, a reporter and anchorman for the Filipino radio station DZJC Aksyon Radyo, on his way home on Wednesday in Laoag city. Agustin’s killing is the second murder of a journalist in the Philippines within 24 hours. On Monday evening, Desidario Camangyan of Sunshine FM […]

Nedim Şener was today declared a World Press Freedom Hero by the International Press Institute (IPI) following the publication of his book on the murder of fellow Turkish journalist Hrant Dink. Şener, an author and investigative reporter at the Turkish daily national newspaper Milliyet, came to prominence following the publication of his book on the […]

IPI Deputy Director, Alison Bethel McKenzie, recently sat down with award-winning, Hungarian investigative journalist Tamás Bodoky at the first-annual South East Europe Media Organization “Investigative Journalism Days” in Montenegro. Bodoky, author of Trespasses, sat down with IPI to discuss self censorship, corruption in Hungary and the government’s role in helping the media to expose corruption. […]