The International Press Institute (IPI) on Thursday named Lasantha Wickrematunge, a former editor of Sri Lankan daily newspaper The Sunday Leader and fearless critic of the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger (LTTE) militants, as its 53rd World Press Freedom Hero. Wickrematunge was shot by unidentified attackers close to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on […]

Lasantha Wickrematunge, a former editor of Sri Lankan daily newspaper The Sunday Leader who was shot dead in January 2009, has been posthumously declared an IPI World Press Freedom Hero. Wickrematunge, one of the most persistent critics of both the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger (LTTE) militants, was shot by unknown assailants near the Sri […]

Tunisian journalist Zouhair Makhlouf was released from prison on 12 February, after serving three months and three weeks of a four-month sentence handed down to him for “insulting” the dignity of a man he had interviewed. Makhlouf was arrested on 21 October 2009, a few days before the presidential elections, and was sentenced to four […]

A foreign journalist was arrested in Zimbabwe by state security agents on Friday.  The Mexican journalist was attempting to film tourist attractions in the town of Masvingo. At the time of his arrest, the journalist was travelling with permission from the tourism ministry, in the tourist minister’s car with his driver, Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi […]