Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

In Libya, news of protests and attacks are still limited

Attacks on journalists and an effort to stifle communications continue on Libya’s tenth day of massive anti-regime protests, despite the arrival of foreign journalists into the country. Colonel Muammar Qaddafi and his regime’s supporters are using live ammunition and fighter planes to deter protestors in the capital city of Tripoli, while in Benghazi, the anti-regime […]

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Wife of Vietnamese journalist confesses to murdering her husband

Approximately three weeks after Vietnamese investigative journalist, Le Hoang Hung, died following an arson attack, the journalist’s wife, Tran Thi Thuy Lieu, confessed to the murder, according to local news reports in Vietnam. Vietnamese police reportedly said yesterday that Lieu confessed that she poured petrol on her husband while he was sleeping and set him […]

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Another journalist killed in Pakistan

Abdost Rind, 27, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen while returning home from work in Turbat, Balochistan province, on 18 February. Rind, a reporter with the Daily Eagle, an Urdu-language newspaper, was shot four times before the assailants escaped on a motorcycle. He died immediately. He is the second journalist to be murdered in […]

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IPI calls for protection of journalists in Bahrain, Iran, Yemen and Libya

The successful overthrow of long-time autocrats in Egypt and Tunisia has prompted demonstrations across the region – and corresponding attempts by the authorities and pro-regime supporters in Bahrain, Iran, Yemen and Libya to clamp down on the free flow of news. Although the violence in Bahrain and Yemen has reportedly decreased since Saturday, journalists still […]

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