Tara Singh Hayer, founder of the Indo-Canadian Times, was shot to death in the garage of his home in Surrey, British Columbia, on November 18, 1998, as he was getting out of his car and into a wheelchair. An energetic and outspoken figure in British Columbia’s large Sikh community, he was the first journalist to […]

Whenever Filipino journalist Raissa Robles posts about President-elect Rodrigo Duterte or the South China Sea on her blog, it collapses for reasons unknown to her. “That’s why I abstain from writing about those two topics,” Robles says in a phone interview with the International Press Institute (IPI). “Every time I do, my blog goes down, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over the suspension of Népszabadság, Hungary’s biggest opposition daily, on Saturday. The closure came shortly after the newspaper’s owner, Mediaworks, said it was seeking to reorganise its portfolio of publications in Hungary. In a statement, Mediaworks said that it was suspending the paper’s print and online editions […]

Normally, the thought of facing nearly €2 million in libel claims brought by two very powerful business figures would be enough to make anyone nervous. Greek journalist Augustine Zenakos, however, doesn’t seem nervous at all. He calmly sips his coffee and smokes his electronic pipe, his mind seemingly distracted only by his next article in […]