Following Mexican newspaper El Diario’s front-page appeal this week, Ana Arana explains why journalists in Mexico remain divided over whether to negotiate with drug cartels
Drug cartels divide the Mexican press
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Uganda: Police to vet public gatherings
Kampala metropolitan police chief Andrew Sorowen announced on 20 September that public gatherings involving more than five people must be cleared by the Inspector General of Police (IGP). He added that the measure also applied to wedding receptions...
Media murders: How to end impunity?
The unsolved case of Ukrainian journalist, Georgiy Gongadze, highlights concerns for press freedom in post-Soviet states. Lauren Davis and Priyanka Boghani report
Honduras: Radio journalist survives assassination attempt
On 14 September Luis Galdámez, a radio journalist working for Radio Globo in Honduras, was targeted by unidentified assassins. He was ambushed as he returned home from work with his children in the car. However he and his son were able to repel the...
UK: Clare Balding’s complaint upheld by PCC
Columnist AA Gill has been censured by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) over his "dyke with a bike" comment in reference to the BBC's Clare Balding. The TV presenter complained to the PCC after the phrase appeared in the Sunday Times earlier...
Papal bull?
English PEN director Jonathan Heawood is looking forward to hearing what Pope Benedict XVI has to say on his visit to Britain
Azerbaijan: a bleak landscape
Conditions for journalists are worsening in the run up to elections, reports Natasha Schmidt in Baku
Hague: Human rights "essential" to foreign policy
The Foreign Secretary announced this morning the launch of a new independent advisory group on human rights. Promising to turn rhetoric into "accountability and lasting change", Hague said he will convene regular meetings with NGOs and independent...
UK: Film-makers arrested on Donald Trump’s Scottish estate
Two documentary-makers were arrested and detained after filming at Donald Trump's golf resort near Aberdeen. Anthony Baxter and Richard Phinney were investigating complaints about building works on the site when Trump's organisation accused them of...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe bans music group over “chicken” song
Zimbabwe's government has banned South African group Freshlyground over a music video that portrays President Mugabe as a chicken afraid to relinquish power. The video that accompanies the song "Chicken To Change" represents the president in the...