One week before the second round of presidential elections in Serbia, scheduled for May 20, 2012, one of the presidential candidates, Tomislav Nikolic, said that he needed to be president in order to tell journalists what to report on. The web portal of the Association of Serbian Journalists (UNS) reported that Nikolic, who represents the […]

IPI welcomes the release of Turkish journalists Adem Özköse and Hamit Coşkun, who spent over two months in Syrian custody before being transferred to Tehran and finally to Istanbul, according to news reports. Iran reportedly served as an intermediary in their release. Reporter Özköse and cameraman Coşkun were detained at a roadblock by pro-government militiamen […]

A delegation from the International Press Institute (IPI) today concluded a weeklong press freedom mission to Ecuador, after discussions with the vice-president, government, media owners, editors, journalists, civil society organisations and politicians. IPI visited both the capital, Quito, and Guayaquil. Anthony Mills, IPI Acting Deputy Director, and Mariela Hoyer Guerrero, Press Freedom Adviser for Latin […]

The bullet-riddled body of Pakistani journalist Tariq Kamal, a Karachi-based reporter for a local Sindhi newspaper, was found on May 9 in the Pak Colony neighborhood of Karachi. The journalist had been reportedly kidnapped on May 6. The journalist’s body, which showed signs of severe torture, was found together with the body of his friend, […]