The murder of Anastasiya Baburova (right) and Stanislav Markelov is part of a brutal trend. Russians who stand up for human rights may pay with their lives, says Tanya Lokshina It was an exceptionally fine day on 19 January. Sun, a rare guest in...
Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasiya Baburova died in hospital yesterday evening after being shot in the head in central Moscow yesterday. Human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov was also killed in the attack. Read more here
Anastasiya Baburova, a reporter for Novaya Gazeta, the Russian newspaper funded by Alexander Lebedev, was seriously wounded in a shooting incident in Moscow earlier today. Baburova was travelling with lawyer Stanislav Markelov, who was killed in...
In an open letter posted on Chinese-language website Boxun.com, a group of more than 20 Chinese lawyers, writers, and intellectuals accuse state television CCTV of misleading its audience with propaganda and call for viewers to boycott its...
A group of around 15 unidentified people attacked and killed 24-year old radio and newspaper reporter Uma Singh, in her home in the southeastern district of Dhanusa on 11 Jan. She died of multiple stab wounds to the head and upper body shortly...
Reports on the murder of editor Lasantha Wickramatunga have been censored by the Sri Lankan authorities to remove criticism of the government. Reports on the BBC and other newscasters, featuring comments from Wickramatunga’s colleagues as well as...
Frustration is growing over Israel's refusal to allow journalists into the Gaza Strip. Padraig Reidy reports The Foreign Press Association in Israel has expressed anger over the Israeli government’s continued refusal to allow foreign journalists...
Lasantha Wickramatunga, editor of the Sunday Leader newspaper, was killed after being shot twice in the head on 8 Dec as he drove to work in Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. The attackers are said to have been two gunmen riding motorcycles. The Sunday...
BV Seetaram, chairman and chief editor of Chitra Publications, whose primary publication is the Mangalore-based newspaper Karavali, has been arrested in the district of Udupi, Karnataka. Seetaram’s detention relates to defamation charges filed in...