Channels TV journalist Eneche Akogwu was killed in Kano city in Northern Nigeria last week while covering the aftermath of a major terrorist attack. Akogwu, 31, was a reporter and journalist for the privately-owned station. Members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the explosions, which killed over 170 people, reports say. This […]

Over the past several years, a dire press-freedom situation has emerged in Latin America––now the most dangerous region in the world for journalists, with 105 media workers killed there since 2008, according to IPI’s Death Watch. In addition to the rising death toll, the number of death threats and instances of physical aggression against members […]

Protesters and policemen allegedly assaulted numerous reporters covering peaceful anti-government protests that degenerated into violence in Bucharest between 15 and 16 January. It appeared that the journalists were deliberate targets. Catalin Lupasteanu, from the Mediafax news agency, said that he was beaten up by the police although he shouted: “Press! Press!” Several employees of Bucharest-based […]

A court ruling yesterday sentenced a man convicted of involvement in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink to life in prison. Media-rights groups and other observers, however, strongly denounced the subsequent acquittal of the man, Yasin Hayal, and several co-defendants on charges they acted on orders from a terrorist organisation. According to Turkish media, […]