Valentín Valdés Espinosa, journalist of the newspaper Zócalo de Saltillo, was found dead On 8 January in the city of Saltillo, northern México. Valdés Espinosa had been kidnapped the day before with a colleague, after they left the newspapers...
Murdered Bulgarian journalist Bobi Tsankov embraced life in the underworld.
Beth Kampschror reports
Judith Vidal-Hall pays tribute to a tireless campaigner for free expression in the former Soviet Union
Jonathan Ross reminds media to be careful what they say about his departure from the BBC
Lal Wickrematunge’s brother, Lasantha, was murdered one year ago. Here, he assesses the ongoing cost of the war in
Sri Lanka
Film-maker Dhondup Wangchen has been jailed for six years in China for making a documentary which featured the unvarnished political views of Tibetans. In his film, Leaving Fear Behind, Wangchen interviewed 108 ordinary Tibetans giving them the...
Yemeni security forces yesterday arrested Hisham Bushraheel, editor of the independent daily Al-Ayyam, along with his son Hani in the souther city of Aden. Acting on the orders of the prosecutor’s office, security forces entered the newspaper’s...
Silvio Berlusconi’s government is exploiting the violent attack against him in order to restrict internet freedom. Giulio D’Eramo reports
In memory of Lasantha Wickrematunge, 8 January
Popular west of England site The Bristol Blogger was temporarily removed by blogging platform Wordpress after it received a complaint from former University of the West of England vice-chancellor Howard newby. In a statement given to local radio...
Imprisoned newspaper editor Eynulla Fatullayev has been charged with drugs offences after Azerbaijani authorities claim to have found heroin in his cell. After brief court session it has been ruled that he should stand under the new charge. This...
The author of newspaper articles and a book which reported on the activities of the criminal underworld in Bulgaria has been shot dead. CPJ reports that Bobi Tsankov was shot dead on 5 January in Sofia. Hours later three individuals, all suspected...