Shiva Oli, a Nepali journalist reported missing by his wife after he left his home in the Doti district in the far western region of Nepal on 25 July, was located on Tuesday morning when he contacted the police, the regional coordinator for the Far Western Region of the Federation of Nepali Journalists, Manmohan Swar, […]

The public order police in Sudan have filed a complaint against female journalist Amal Habbani, editor of the “Tiny Issues” column in “Ajrass Al Horreya” newspaper over a 12 July story entitled “Lubna…A Case of Subduing a Woman’s Body,” in which she defended Lubna al-Hussein, one of 13 women reportedly arrested – and in some […]

The Associated Press (AP) bureau chief in Sri Lanka, who reported on civilian death tolls in the government’s recent final push against Tamil Tiger rebels, has been denied permission to stay in the country. Ravi Nessman’s expulsion is the latest in a series of incidents highlighting a government backlash against foreign correspondents who don’t toe […]

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Wednesday 22 July warned journalists against tarnishing Gambia’s image, in a statement to state-owned GRTS television. “Any journalist who thinks that he or she can write whatever he or she wants, and go free, is making a big mistake”, Jammeh declared. “If anybody is caught, he will be severely dealt […]