Where does accurate reporting on a presidential candidate end and “indirect” promotion of the candidate begin? That’s the question facing Ecuadorean media outlets as they try to navigate an ambiguous legal landscape ahead of the country’s Feb. 17th presidential vote. The confusion began last February, when current leader as well as election front-runner Rafael Correa […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), said today that it was alarmed at reports of bombs being placed outside the homes of a number of journalists in Athens, Greece, last Friday. Small homemade bombs, made with the use of gas canisters, exploded in the early […]

A journalist in the Central African Republic was reportedly killed in the central town of Bambari by rebels, who have been engaged in a month-long uprising against President Francois Bozizé, reports said. Elisabeth Blanche Olofio, who worked for Catholic community radio station Radio Be Oko, was killed when rebels stormed the station, Fides news agency […]

Nepal’s prime minister Baburam Bhattarai has reportedly expressed anger over the arrests of individuals allegedly involved in the 2004 murder of journalist Dekendra Thapa in Dailekh, in mid-western Nepal. At an event organised in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on Jan 8, PM Bhattarai stated that the government did not support the arrests. In fact, Bhattarai condemned […]