Six years after a military coup, journalists in Mali continue to suffer from insecurity, attacks and unstable working conditions. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who took office in 2013 and began his second term this month, has so far failed to restore what had once been a relatively healthy and vibrant media environment. The press freedom […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged a swift and comprehensive investigation into the death of Malik Mumtaz, a senior reporter working in Pakistan’s tribal areas. Mumtaz was killed on Wednesday, Feb. 27 by gunmen in the city of Miranshah, capital of the tribal region of North Waziristan. The journalist reported for Geo TV, as […]

A suicide attack on an election rally for the Awami National Party (ANP) on Tuesday killed Pakistani journalist Aslam Durrani, news editor of the Urdu language Daily Pakistan. Two other journalists, Durrani’s colleague Azhar Ali Shah and Express News reporter Ihtesham Khan, were injured in the attack, according to reports by the Karachi-based Express Tribune. […]

A well-known Syrian journalist working for a pro-government television channel was killed yesterday in a sniper attack near the country’s border with Lebanon, according to international reports. Al-Jazeera reported that Yara Abbas, 26, a war correspondent for the al-Ikhbariya television channel, was killed by opposition gunfire in an offensive by forces loyal to President Bashar […]