The head of public relations at Iraq's Al-Rasheed satellite TV station was injured by a car-bomb on 13 April, which took both of his legs and...
Intern
Colombia: Radio journalist killed
On 11 April, Mauricio Medina Moreno, director and founding member of the indigenous community radio CRIT 98.0 FM Estéreo, was murdered in his home...
Honduras: Sixth journalist killed this year
On 11 April, Luis Antonio Chévez, host of a musical programme on Radio W105, was shot to death in the country’s business capital San Pedro Sula. His...
Peru: Journalist beaten by local police
A journalist was knocked unconscious during an attack by police officers and security guards. Orlando Rucana Cuba, editor of La Revista newspaper...
PAST EVENT: Academic freedom in the 21st century
Academic Freedom in the 21st Century, panel discussion chaired by Mark Stephens. 15 April, University of East London
Peruvian journalist sentenced to prison for libel case
On 7 April, Enrique Lazo Flores, editor of the newspaper La Región, in the southern city of Ilo, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being...
Iraq government forced to suspend broadcast restrictions
Human Rights Watch called on the Iraqi government to suspend its media regulations. The regulations, which impose tight restrictions on the...
Two Tibetan writers arrested in China
Two Tibetan students studying at the Northwest National Minorities’ University in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, were arrested by Chinese authorities last...
Colombian journalist receives death threats
On 7 April, Edgar Astudillo Vásquez, radio producer of a news program on Radio Panzenú, received a a pamphlet that said he would be killed before...
Japanese cameraman fatally shot in Bangkok
A Japanese cameraman for Reuters, Hiro Muramoto, was fatally shot in the chest whilst covering protests in Bangkok on 10 April. It is not apparent...
Spain: Basque journalists acquitted of belonging to ETA
The Spanish National Court has acquitted five executives of a now-defunct Basque-language newspaper, including its former editor-in-chief Martxelo...
Russia: Newspaper editor intimidated by local authorities
The mayor of Murmansk a city in north-west Russia, has been accused of censorship by the editor of Vecherni Murmansk newspaper. Nataliya...