A Pakistani journalist was shot dead in his home on Sunday and two others were killed in a suicide attack on Monday, according to news reports, as Pakistan joined Mexico as the most lethal country for journalists in 2010. IPI strongly condemns the attacks and urges the Pakistani authorities to take steps to ensure journalists’ […]

Journalists Juan Francisco Rodríguez Ríos and Maria Elvira Hernández Galeana were killed Monday evening in Coyuca de Benitez, a town located near the resort city of Acapulco in Mexico’s Guerrero state, according to local news reports. Rios worked for the newspaper El Sol de Acupulco and for  Diario Objetivo de Chilpancingo as well as for […]

Mexican journalist Hugo Alfredo Olivera Cartas was found dead on 6 June on the outskirts of Apatzingan, in the state of Michoacán. Police said Olivera, who had been missing since the previous evening, was found inside his pick-up truck at 3 am, with three bullet shots near his left ear and one shot to his […]

Enrique Villicaña Palomares, a columnist with the Voice of Michoacan newspaper, was reported missing late last week after failing to arrive for a university writing course that he teaches, media reports said. The reporter’s body was found with his throat slit on Saturday in the Michoacan state capital, Morelia , federal prosecutors were quoted by […]