The International Press Institute is deeply concerned by reports that acting editor of suspended Bangladeshi newspaper Amar Desh, Mahmudur Rahman, may have been tortured in police custody. “Your honour, please save my life,” the editor was quoted by local media as telling the court. “I am not supposed to be alive after the level of […]

The Venezuelan authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Guillermo Zualoga, the owner of Globovision television station, and his son on charges of conspiracy and usury, according to news reports.  Following the January suspension of opposition-aligned Radio Caracas Television Internacional’s (RCTVI) cable operations, Globovision is Venezuela’s only remaining anti-Chavez news broadcaster, reports say. Zualoga and […]

The International Press Institute calls on the judiciary in Turkey to overturn the sentence imposed on Irfan Aktan, a Turkish journalist, for an article he wrote in October 2009.  The journalist was sentenced on  4 June  to a year and three months in prison, and a fine of 16,000 Turkish Lira was imposed on Merve […]

A controversial law curbing wiretaps and imposing heavy fines on journalists who publish leaked ‘wiretap’ material was passed today by the Italian Senate. The president of the Italian Senate announced that the much-debated wiretap law had been approved by the Senate with 164 votes in favour. Of a total 323 senators, only 189 were in […]