"I received warnings before the second attack. They start to tell me that I'm still 'offending' them." Yetneberk Tadele almost left his home country of Ethiopia too late. Until late 2013 Yetneberk had been working as a…
"They used to text [that] they know what I am doing and it would only be a matter of time for me to face the consequences." Fasil Girma Aragaw got to know Ethiopia’s one-party state…
The 2009 massacre of 58 people, including 32 journalists, in the Philippines province of Maguindanao carries a heavy legacy for the rapidly developing southeast Asian nation. Six years later, no one has been convicted of…
A Chinese business journalist has appeared on state television to make an on-air "confession" for reporting that authorities have blamed for accelerating the drop in the Chinese stock market. Wang Xiaolu, a reporter for Beijing-based…
A reporter in South Sudan was shot in the back and killed by assailants after leaving his newspaper office in the country's capital Juba. Peter Julius Moi, 27, was shot twice Aug. 21 by unidentified…
A new cybercrime law in Qatar could be used to penalize journalists with prison sentences for offenses including violating the Gulf state's social values and disturbing the peace. Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al…
Ukrainian security officials raided the offices of a pro-Russian newspaper in the capital Kiev Sept. 11 in a move condemned by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Security officials raided the office of…
A Somali journalist was arrested after speaking out against a directive to limit press coverage of military operations Sept. 3. [caption id="attachment_3323" align="alignright" width="300"] This map shows the location of Mogadishu where the journalist was…
The Quito-based arm of the Ecuadoran daily newspaper Hoy has announced it will shutter its presses, blaming government censorship. In an editorial published in its final print edition June 29, Hoy singled out the Ecuadorian…
By Inés Gaviria A bomb exploded early April 22 outside the house of a Peruvian journalist who has been critical of local government and the sugar industry. Yofré López Sifuentes is the founder and editor…
