Lebanese journalist and former anchorwoman May Chidiac was today declared an IPI World Press Freedom Hero, in recognition of her continued and fearless engagement for the cause of press freedom and independent reporting. Known for her criticism of Syria’s political sway over Lebanon – an issue not many people dared talk about in Lebanon – […]

Two radio journalists were ambushed and shot at close range in eastern Honduras on Friday. Jose Bayardo Mairena, 52, and Manuel Juarez, 55, were driving from the city Catacamas after hosting a radio programme. Their vehicle was ambushed by unidentified gunmen near Juticalpa in the eastern province of Olancho. The gunmen reportedly sprayed the car […]

On 22 March, the Colombo office of Sirasa TV and Radio was attacked by a mob that arrived in a bus in broad daylight and started throwing stones at the building, damaging the glass and several vehicles. According to the Sunday Times, the staff of the Sirasa office retaliated by throwing stones and using water […]

Colombian radio journalist Clodomiro Castilla was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on 19 March. Castilla, editor of the Colombian magazine El Pulso del Tiempo and an announcer and reporter with local radio station La Voz de Monteria (www.vozmonteria.com), was reading on the terrace of his home when a gunman on a motorcycle shot him several times and […]