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Journalist murdered in Ecuador; police investigating

Police in Ecuador are investigating the murder of a journalist in western Guayas province, whose body was found a day before a correspondent for the newspaper El Universo received a series of death threats. Luis Arnoldo “Noro” Ruiz, a correspondent for Extra and a former contributor to El Universo was found shot in the head […]

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Nigerian journalist beaten by soldiers

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the reported beating and arrest, by soldiers, of David-Chyddy Eleke, a senior correspondent for Leadership newspaper, on Sep. 6. The incident occurred as Eleke was taking photographs of a demolition at the Arthur Eze Avenue in the Southeastern region of Awka, reports said. According to local reports, even […]

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Indian Supreme Court permits gag orders

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday refrained from framing guidelines for the media for coverage of court proceedings but declared that the courts could, if necessary for the administration of justice, prohibit publication of any part of proceedings for a temporary period. The court said such postponement orders could be passed keeping in mind […]

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Bolivian mayor verbally attacks media, again

Defying international criticism, the mayor of Bolivia’s largest city renewed his verbal assault on the media on Monday, repeatedly belittling a photographer whom he then drove out of a public press conference. Santa Cruz mayor Percy Fernández reportedly called Enrique Canedo, of El Deber, an “ass” with a “stupid face” and said, “I’d like to […]

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