Four freedom of expression rapporteurs whose mandates cover the entire world will meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 25 June to launch their annual 2012 Joint Declaration on “Crimes against Freedom of Expression”. Frank La Rue, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on […]

Russia’s chief investigator yesterday apologized for an “emotional outburst” against an editor from the newspaper Novaya Gazeta, days after he was accused of threatening to kill the journalist, AP reported. Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin, who was accused of taking Novaya Gazeta Deputy Editor Sergei Sokolov to a forest outside Moscow and threatening him days […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) on Friday expressed grave concern over reports that a three-man TV crew from the Dubai-based Al Arabiya news outlet were kidnapped by members of militant group Abu Sayyaf. The three journalists, along with their guide and driver, have been missing since Tuesday, June 12, on a Philippine island known for […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned about the safety of journalists in the Middle East and North Africa following a number of press freedom violations that have been reported since the beginning of the month. Recent attacks on journalists in Lebanon, Iraq and Oman, and new laws on the table in Iraq, Egypt and […]