During the night of Sunday 11 October, police in Mexico’s Sinaloa region discovered the body of missing radio presenter Fabián Ramírez López. Ramírez López was last seen alive on Friday 9 as he left home for work. His body was found hidden among bushes in the coastal city of Mazatlán, following an anonymous telephone tip-off […]

Following a five-day IPI press freedom advocacy mission to Russia from 29 September – 4 October, IPI warned on Wednesday that the gravest press freedom concern in today’s Russia remains the impunity enjoyed by those who assault and murder journalists. IPI called for action on the part of Russia’s federal government to ensure that both […]

The United Kingdom’s Guardian newspaper was on Monday slapped with a gag order preventing it from reporting on a question a parliamentarian is due to ask in the House of Commons later this week, the newspaper reported. The gag order was lifted late on Tuesday morning. The question relates to an injunction brought against the […]

Argentina’s senate on Saturday passed a controversial broadcasting bill containing provisions that could damage media freedom in the country. The senate passed the “Audiovisual Communication Law” – a bill ostensibly aimed at increasing plurality in the country’s media – by 44 votes to 24, following a debate that started at around 10.30am local time on […]