The editor-in-chief of the Zambian daily newspaper the Post, Fred M’membe, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday 14 October to contempt of court for publishing an op-ed about ongoing “obscenity” proceedings against fellow Post journalist, Chansa Kabwela. The first hearings into the contempt case will now go ahead on 29 and 30 October, with M’membe facing up to six […]

On Sunday, a delegation from the International Press Institute (IPI) will be travelling to Lebanon to meet with journalists and editors from a broad range of Lebanese media outlets, as well as political leaders, government officials, and local press freedom advocates, to discuss the current press freedom climate. Although the media in Lebanon is diverse, […]

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 […]