Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday granted a request by family members of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya to send the case back for further investigation, rather than immediately retry three individuals acquitted of the killing earlier this year. Politkovskaya, a special correspondent at Russia’s fiercely independent Novaya Gazeta newspaper, was gunned down in her apartment block […]

Unidentified gunmen opened fire at around 1am local time on Wednesday at the editorial offices of the Coahuila-based daily Siglo de Torreón, according to the newspaper. There were no reports of any injuries. Witnesses describe two assailants on motorcycles opening fire on the building’s façade, according to local news reports. The assault shattered the building’s […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) calls for a transparent investigation into the 14 August murder of Aaj TV correspondent Sadiq Bacha Khan, who was gunned down in broad daylight on his way to work in Mardan, a town in the restive North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Khan was a former president of the Mardan […]

Two journalists working for the Associated Press (AP) were seriously wounded on Wednesday in a roadside bombing in Eastern Kandahar, Afghanistan, according to news reports. Photographer Emilio Morenatti and videographer Andi Jatmiko were travelling with U.S. forces when their vehicle was hit by the bomb. Both journalists were taken to a military hospital in Kandahar. […]