Sri Lankan independent journalist and political analyst Prageeth Ekneliyagoda has been missing since the evening of 24 January, just two days before a snap presidential election, amidst growing concerns that he may have been abducted for political reasons. As results for the election came in, on 27 January, state media declared incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa […]

One student was killed in the Venezuelan city of Merida on Monday in violence that erupted during protests against the government’s order to cable networks to stop broadcasting RCTV Internacional – which is opposed to Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chavez. Nine police officers were injured. The cable providers dropped the broadcaster on Sunday. Chavez forced RCTV […]

Three years ago today, a young man approached renowned Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor Hrant Dink in an Istanbul street, and shot him dead. Today – two-and-a-half years into the trial of the alleged gunman and his accomplices – justice has yet to be served in the brutal murder. “The Hrant Dink murder case has been a […]

A district mayor in Peru allegedly burst into a radio presenter’s booth during a live broadcast on Thursday, physically attacking the presenter and damaging his equipment, the Lima-based media freedom monitor, Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS), reported on Friday. The mayor, Ángel Adrián Palomino Ramos of the Ica region’s Pachacutec district, was apparently annoyed by ‘Radio La […]