Unknown attackers have launched Molotov cocktails against journalists’ homes in Serbia’s capital Belgrade in two incidents in one week. At 3:30 on Oct. 23, someone launched a Molotov cocktail at the terrace of Biljana Vujovic, a presenter with TV Kopernikus. Vujovic, who was lucky to be awake, was able to react quickly and to extinguish […]

On Oct. 23, unknown assailants gunned down Pakistani journalist Khalid Musa Mengal, a reporter with the daily newspaper Ummat in Turbat, Balochistan province, the Rural Media Network Pakistan (RMNP) reported. Condemning the murder as a „barbaric act“, RMNP noted that most attacks against journalists are never investigated and go unpunished. Balochistan is the most dangerous […]

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh ordered the attorney general to drop charges brought against two journalists after they applied to hold a peaceful demonstration, local journalists told IPI. However, two newspapers ordered closed on Sep. 14 remain shut. Africa Review correspondent Babucarr Ceesay and freelance journalist Abubacarr Saidykhan were detained by police on Sep. 6 after […]

This year of continuing change in the world of news media has also been marked by an appalling and disturbing truth: an unprecedented 133 journalists were killed in the line of duty or as a consequence of their reporting in 2012. This year’s figure is the highest since the International Press Institute (IPI) started systematically […]