The Syrian conflict continues and the country remains a black hole for the mainstream media, with foreign news outlets relying heavily on accounts from activists and citizen reporters to provide news and images, and reports from the correspondents who bravely manage to cross into the country. Two Turkish journalists who had been missing since Sunday, […]

Lea en español A Colombian radio journalist and former mayor was shot and killed Thursday after being lured from his office in the city of Dosquebradas, approximately 170 kilometers southeast of Bogotá. A regional police commander told local media that Argemiro Cárdenas Agudelo, 56, had received a phone call early Thursday afternoon while working inside […]

Read in English Un periodista de radio y ex-alcalde colombiano fue asesinado el jueves luego de haber sido aparentemente engañado para salir de su oficina en la ciudad de Dosquebradas, aproximadamente a 170 kilómetros al suroeste de Bogotá. El comandante de la policía regional comunicó a medios de comunicación regionales que Argemiro Cárdenas Agudelo, de […]

IPI has joined nearly 20 other organizations in again calling for the release of Mazen Darwish and his colleagues from the Syrian Centre for Media & Freedom of Expression, one month after they were detained during a raid on their Damascus offices. The full text of the statement is below: The Syrian authorities must reveal […]