Almost every day this month, another journalist has been murdered, according to the IPI Death Watch and news reports. Six journalists lost their lives in May, all in countries where those who murder to silence the media are rarely punished. The most recent victim was Philippine journalist Nestor Libaton, a news reporter for the Catholic […]

These three stories highlight the plight of many journalists around the world on May 3, 2012, World Press Freedom Day. The Story of Marcela Turati ‘The Majority of Mexican Journalists Have Become War Correspondents in their Own Country’ “My city finds itself in a state of panic. There is shooting everywhere. People see bodies in […]

Lea en español “My city finds itself in a state of panic. There is shooting everywhere. People see bodies in the streets. A curfew has been self-imposed. The drug traffickers have silenced our newspaper. We cannot publish anything because they threaten us: they have killed and kidnapped our colleagues. People are afraid and frustrated, understandably […]

Read in English “Mi ciudad se encuentra en estado de pánico pues hay balaceras fuertes en varios puntos de la ciudad, la gente ve cuerpos en las calles, se autoimpone toque de queda. Los narcos han silenciado nuestro periódico. No podemos publicar nada porque nos amenazan: nos han matado y secuestrado algunos colegas. La gente […]