The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the murder of a Pakistani journalist who was found dead 150km from Islamabad on 31 May. The body of Syed Saleem Shahzad, who disappeared on 29 May, was discovered floating in a canal in Pakistan’s northern Gujarat district, according to media reports. Shahzad was the Pakistan bureau chief […]

The Bara District Court in Nepal on 30 May handed down a life sentence to two people accused of the murder of journalist Birendra Saha in 2007, the International Press Institute’s (IPI) Nepal National Committee reported. Maoist activists Managar Giri and Ram Ekbal Sahani, who have already spent the last two years in judicial custody, […]

Journalist associations in Goa, India, claim that the police were bystanders to an assault on media personnel on Wednesday, the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported. According to the report, two photojournalists were assaulted while trying to take pictures of violence in which two youths were fatally burned. The Photo Journalists Association of Goa (PJAG) condemned […]

Several journalists were wounded and one was detained after military forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh attacked Yemeni private satellite broadcaster Suhail TV on 25 May, according to news reports. Cameramen Mohammad al-Mekhlafi and Ahamd Firas both received injuries; Al-Mekhlafi is currently in stable condition in a Sanaa hospital, while Firas did not need […]