The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed news that Bolivian journalist Fernando Vidal was released from an Argentine hospital where he had been treated for third-degree burns suffered during an arson attack in October. Vidal’s son-in-law, Esteban Farfán Romero, informed IPI that the journalist arrived in his hometown of Yacuiba, Bolivia, late at night on […]

ARTICLE 19, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Press Institute and Reporters Without Borders are deeply concerned that Ukrainian journalist Anhar Kochneva, kidnapped by Syrian rebels in October 2012, is in grave danger of being murdered. Her kidnappers, allegedly members of the Free Syrian Army, have threatened to kill her tomorrow, 13 December 2012, […]

An Argentine court yesterday granted a last-minute injunction blocking the application of key parts of the country’s new media law, allowing media conglomerate Grupo Clarín to avoid government seizure of radio and television licenses in excess of limits contemplated by the law. The decision by the Federal Civil and Commercial Court extends a previous hold […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over apparent efforts by officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to intimidate media and block the flow of information. These efforts come on the back of a brief rebel takeover of Goma city that demonstrated the government’s political weakness and its failure to secure a […]