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 […]

An International Press Institute (IPI) advocacy mission will travel to Caracas, Venezuela, on 15 November for four days of meetings with publishers, editors and journalists from a broad range of media, as well as government officials, opposition leaders, and representatives of civil society, to investigate the current press freedom climate in the country. Venezuela was […]

Unidentified assailants yesterday threw a military grenade at the offices of a popular Honduran radio station, injuring two people and damaging the radio’s main broadcast booth. The M-26-type device exploded around 10.30 p.m. local time on the roof of Radio HRN in Honduras’ capital of Tegucigalpa. According to an article on HRN’s website, the booth […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) calls for an immediate, transparent investigation into the 1 November brutal beating of Kyrgyz journalist Kubanychbek Joldoshev in Kyrgyzstan’s southern Osh region. Joldoshev, a correspondent for local newspaper Osh Shamy (“The Torch of Osh”), told Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) he was attacked after a taxi he was […]