The director of a news programme for Mundo Villa TV was murdered in Buenos Airies on 4 September. Adam Ledezma was stabbed after he left his house...
Argentina: Journalist stabbed to death
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US commanders warn against church’s plans to burn Quran
The US and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned today that a Florida church's plans to burn copies of the Quran on 11 September could endanger...
Burundi: Court rules to keep journalist detained
A journalist charged with treason will remain in pre-trial detention, a court ruled on 6 September. Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was arrested on 17 July...
Witness in Ukraine missing journalist case disappears
A witness in the case of missing journalist Vasyl Klymentyev has also gone missing. According to deputy editor Petro Matvienko, the key witness...
USA: Bill would force media to delete stories about convicts
Senators in Ohio have introduced a bill which would force media organisations to remove stories about former convicts from the Internet. The new law...
Russia: Police raid opposition magazine
Armed police raided the offices of opposition magazine the New Times on 2 September. The magazine's editor Yevgenia Albats was repeatedly asked to...
Mexico and Colombia: Drug trafficking reporting targeted
In Mexico's northeastern state of Sinaloa, the Noreste newspaper issued a statement saying that its facilities were the target of an armed attack on...
UK: Third footballer gains injunction
The High Court has granted another injunction to an England footballer to prevent the media reporting aspects of his private life. The order banned...
Indonesia: Journalist killed covering riot
A journalist was killed on 21 August while covering clashes between two villages in one of Indonesia’s southern islands. Police watched the attack...
Zimbabwe: Government bans “offensive” paintings
The government has banned the works of prominent artist Owen Maseko which depict 1980s atrocities committed by a Zimbabwean army unit. An estimated...
Pakistan: Reporter assaulted after covering mob murders
A reporter for Dunya News was assaulted outside his residence on 29 August and has received death threats after he filmed two brothers being lynched...
Togo: Judge bans newspaper
A criminal court judge in Togo has moved to ban the distribution of Tribune d'Afrique, a bimonthly Benin newspaper, that had raised questions about...