24 November 2009 – Two Indian TV channels belonging to the CNN-IBN network were violently attacked by activists of the Shiv Sena political group on Friday, 20 November. In a series of three separate attacks, Shiv Sena activists vandalised the offices of television channels IBN Lokmat and IBN7 in Mumbai and Pune and beat up […]

As many as 12 journalists have been confirmed dead in a massacre of more than 21 people in the Philippines, the country’s National Union of Journalists reported on Monday. The journalists were part of a convoy traveling to file candidacy papers for gubernatorial candidate and local mayor Esmael Mangudadatu in the southern province of Maguindanao, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) on Wednesday completed a four-day press freedom advocacy mission to Venezuela, during which it held discussions with leading editors and journalists from a broad range of media, as well as representatives of journalists’ associations, civil society and academia. IPI conducted the mission to make an objective assessment of the current […]

Two journalists have been shot at and wounded in the last two days in what continues to be a hostile environment for journalists, according to the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ). Voice of America (VOA) reporter Mohammed Yasin Isak was shot in the shoulder Tuesday evening at around 8 p.m. while returning to his […]