The International Press Institute (IPI) on 26 May called on the government of Thailand to launch as a matter of urgency a full and transparent investigation into the killing and wounding of journalists during violent clashes between ‘Red Shirt’ protestors and the army in April and May of this year. The violence in Thailand claimed the lives […]

A freelance radio reporter was shot dead by unknown assailants in Mindanao in the southern Philippines on Wednesday, local media and Reuters reported. Edwin Segues, who freelanced for several radio stations, was reportedly on his way to work when he was approached by two men on a motorcycle, who shot him three times before driving […]

Filipino police have filed murder charges against two local politicians and a police officer over the separate killings of two journalists last week, according to news reports. “Murder charges had been filed against them based on the strength of testimonies from several witnesses,” national police spokesman Leonardo Espina Espina was quoted as saying on Wednesday. […]

Last week’s threats against the chairman and editors of two Nepali newspapers over their coverage of the murder of media owner Jamim Shah on 7 February are a reminder that the media in Nepal are still in danger following the end of the ten-year-long civil war and in spite of commitments made over a year […]