Journalist Yakhya Magomedov of the Russian Islamic newspaper As-Salam was killed on 8 May in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, Russian media outlet RIA Novosti reported. He was shot four times near the northern city of Khasavyurt at around 22:30, media freedom observers reported. His death follows an attack on 5 May against Magomed […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the murder of Honduran TV news host Francisco Medina, the sixteenth journalist killed in the country since the beginning of 2009. Gunmen on a motorcycle shot Medina, 35, early Tuesday morning outside of his home in Morazon north of the capital of Tegucigalpa. Reports said the attackers followed […]

Ugandan authorities must investigate attacks, including by security forces, against journalists attempting to cover the “Walk to Work” demonstrations and the ensuing violence that erupted last month, the director of the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. According to reports from local media and the Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda), a Kampala-based free press […]

A journalist was killed on Tuesday night in Peshawar, in northwestern Pakistan, after an explosive device detonated when the journalist entered his vehicle. Nasrullah Afridi, a correspondent for Pakistan television and the leading Urdu newspaper, Daily Mashriq, also served as president of the Tribal Union of Journalists (TUJ), the Khyber Agency Unit, according to local […]