Egyptian elections are coming up, Tunisia has voted for its new constitutional assembly, and Libya’s transitional government declared the country free this week.  But in Yemen, the struggle is far from over.  Protestors continue to demonstrate against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has repeatedly refused to concede to opposition demands and leave […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Ukrainian authorities to determine who shot a local reporter in the head this week, leaving him in critical condition, and to bring the assailant to justice. The website novosti-N.mk.ua reported that the journalist, Oleksandr Vlaschenko, who also reports for the Nash Gorod Nikolaev newspaper, was attacked Sunday night in a […]

As Liberia prepares for a presidential run-off election to be held on 8 November, there have been a series of attacks and threats against journalists –  in the latest incident, a radio and television station were targeted in an arson attack. A month and a half ago, David Kolleh of the FrontPage Africa newspaper was intimidated and […]

A Turkish journalist released in June after spending two years in pre-trial detention has died, reportedly as a result of the government’s alleged failure to provide adequate medical care during her incarceration. Hürriyet reported that Suzan Zengin – a human rights activist, journalist and translator who was imprisoned for alleged ties to an illegal organisation […]