Four journalists were kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s southern Abia state on Sunday, according to local media. The journalists had left a conference in Akwa Ibom state when they were ambushed by gunmen in three vehicles. Their whereabouts are not known, although the kidnappers have reportedly issued a ransom demand of $1.67 million. The journalists […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned at reports that journalists were arrested and allegedly assaulted by police during the 26-27 June G20 summit in Toronto, Canada. Four Canadian journalists – Jesse Rosenfeld, Amy Miller, Daniel McIsaac and Lisa Walter – have lodged complaints with the Office of Independent Police Review Director, claiming that they […]

A Nepalese radio journalist was abducted on Wednesday, reportedly over his coverage of a land dispute. Keshav Bohara, a journalist working with Radio Mandavi in Nepal’s Mid-Western Pyuthan district, was abducted by unknown persons. According to IPI member and IPI National Committee General Secretary Taranath Dahal, Bohara had been reporting extensively on a dispute centered […]

An unidentified gunman shot dead a journalist for a banned Rwandan newspaper on Thursday, according to media reports. Jean Leonard Rugambage, an editor for the local-language Umuvugizi newspaper, was shot twice in front of his home on the outskirts of the capital Kigali on Thursday night, a police spokesperson was quoted as saying. Umuvugizi’s editor, […]