A Mexican radio journalist was found dead with four gunshot wounds following a series of reports on organized crime. The body of Armando Saldaña, 52, was found May 4, in a white Ford pickup truck near the town…
"I have three bodyguards that come with me everywhere, I always use an armored vehicle." In 2011, Colombian journalist Mary Luz Avedaño published two investigative pieces about drug cartels in her home city of Medellín.…
A Libyan journalist who was covering fighting between Islamist militias and pro-government groups in the eastern city of Benghazi has been killed. Muftah al-Qatrani, 33, a producer for Libya's Al-Anwar television company was shot in…
There is a paradox about Syrian news. It's among the stories that's received the most coverage globally – and yet very few international journalists can report from inside the country. One of those who has…
A Norwegian freelance journalist has been detained in the Yemeni capital Sana'a on suspicion of sping on Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Raymond Lidal, 28, was arrested in the early morning hours of March 29 by Houthi security…
An American and a Chinese reporter have different views on the future of journalism in China China isn't an easy place to be a reporter. There is Internet censorship, pressure from security services and certain…
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime released a Swedish journalist held for six days after being arrested with a translator in near the country's northeastern border with Turkey. Joakim Medin, 30, a freelancer who has worked…
An al-Jazeera reporter held for 400 days in prison in Egypt has been released and deported back to his home country of Australia. Peter Greste, 49, of al-Jazeera's English-language affiliate was arrested with two colleagues…
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