Two Venezuelan radio stations were shut down, their equipment seized and their offices sealed by military personnel on 18 August. Both stations, Rumbera Network 101.5 FM, and Llanera 91.3 FM in the Guárico province, were raided by soldiers. The...
Washington Times reporter Bill Gertz faces the possibility of a grand jury subpoena despite a Californian federal judgment supporting his right to protect confidential sources on 25 July. Gertz refused to answer questions about confidential sources...
Following a ten-year court battle, on 22 July the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2007 lower court decision that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutional. The legislation would have forced websites featuring adult material to...
The alliance between drug traffickers and the Mexican government poses the greatest threat to journalists, the Special Commission for Monitoring Attacks against Journalists has announced. The president of the commission, Gerardo Priego Tapia,...
Coffee chain Starbucks has come under attack from a San Diego based Christian group after it changed it’s logo from an innocent mermaid, to a more graphic bare-chested, open-legged mermaid. The group, called the Resistance, has called on it’s 3,000...
The New York State Legislature has passed a law protecting American journalists from defamation lawsuits brought against them overseas. The Libel Terrorism Protection Act, known as ‘Rachel’s Law’, was introduced after Rachel Ehrenfeld was...
Radio journalist Alejandro Rupay was assaulted during a live broadcast on 30 January. Rupay, a presenter with Radio FM 98 in the town of Tingo Maria, central Peru, was beaten and threatened after the brother of the district's governor burst into...
Hugo Chavez’s defeat in the recent constitutional referendum came despite massive media manipulation, writes Daniel Duquenal On December 2 Venezuela held a referendum to modify 69 articles of its constitution. The goal was to give President Chavez...
Serving members of the US military claim the right not to go to war