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. […]

As U.S. troops continue to hand power over to Iraqi authorities in Iraq, IPI calls on the Iraqi government to protect press freedom in the country. Iraq remains the most dangerous country in the world for journalists – who now face a new threat in the form of a draft law published in Iraq on […]

The retrial of four men recently acquitted of crimes connected to the 2006 murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya will go ahead, a Moscow court decided today, despite requests from both the journalist’s family and the prosecution to have the case returned to the Prosecutor-General for further investigation. On 19 February 2009, a Moscow jury […]

Around 30 armed, pro-government activists raided the premises of Venezuelan private broadcaster Globovision during a live news broadcast shortly before 13.00 on Monday 3 August, exploding two tear gas canisters and injuring four people in the process. Footage taken at the scene appears to show the assailants – who were dressed in red berets and […]