The body of a Mexican journalist who was abducted by armed men three weeks ago has been found. And, according to authorities in Veracruz state, a former police officer has confessed to murdering Moises Sanchez, claiming he did so at the request of a mayor.
According Theguardian.com, Saudi Arabia is under mounting international pressure over the blogger Raif Badawi, whose public flogging has been postponed for a second...
Asif Hassan, a 38-year-old photojournalist working for the Agence France Presse (AFP), was shot during an anti-Charlie Hebdo protest by the student wing of religious party Jammat-e-Islami in front of the French Consulate’s office in Karachi (Pakistan) on Friday, January 16.
International and national media have intensively covered over the past days a statement of the Latvian Minister of External Affairs Edgars Rinkevics about the creation of a Russian-language television that would be combating Russian propaganda in Europe.
On 4 December, the Global Forum for Media Development welcomed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s endorsement of guarantees for freedom of information and media in the UN’s next set of global development goals.
According to the Freedom House report for 2014, freedom on the web is worsening year by year. In fact, 36 out of the 65 countries assessed in the report experienced a negative trajectory...
Founded in 1981 by a group of U.S. correspondents, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) aims to safeguard the journalists and reporters from all over the world who work in dangerous environments through many advocacy initiatives. Among...