After two months of investigation, the public prosecutor of Bulgaria’s Dupnitsa region concluded that arsonists who gutted the car of award-winning investigative journalist Lidia Pavlova were persons unknown, and closed the probe. Pavlova’s family car was set on fire on May 25 in the town of Dupnitsa, where she resides. The incident marked the second […]

As Enrique Peña Nieto prepares to assume the Mexican presidency, his public focus has been on scaling back the drug cartel-related violence in the country. Meanwhile, at least four incidents involving journalists being assaulted, abducted, threatened, or arrested have occurred since Mexico’s July 1 election, continuing the nation’s abysmal record of protecting its journalists and […]

An Al Jazeera correspondent has reportedly been wounded in Syria and transferred to Turkey for medical treatment, while a Turkish photojournalist was reportedly shot in the foot. Both journalists were injured while covering clashes in Aleppo, the commercial capital of Syria, which has witnessed brutal fighting in recent days. Al Jazeera cameraman Hakan Bayginer told […]

The National Liberation Army (ELN) in Colombia has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of Élida Parra Alfonso, who was abducted on 24 July, the newspaper El Tiempo reported. The journalist hosted a program on children’s rights for the Sarare Stereo radio station, and also worked for the company managing the Bicentennial Pipeline in Saravena, the […]