International Press Institute (IPI)

A Supreme Court decision has declared a 2009 media law constitutional, meaning that media conglomerate Grupo Clarín must divest itself of a large portion of its media holdings.

South Sudan’s proposed media legislation package falls short of international standards in some cases – in particular as it introduces statutory regulation of journalism ethics, says the International Press Institute.

Jafra News publisher Nidhal al-Faraneh and editor Amjad Muala were accused of harming relations with a foreign country for publishing the link to a video which showed a man – purportedly a member of the Qatari royal family – dancing and showering with several women.

Dozens of media freedom groups are calling on the Prime Minister of Somalia to rescind the arbitrary eviction order currently faced by the Shabelle Media Network. The eviction would place Radio Shabelle staff in immediate physical danger.

Press freedom groups join the Hong Kong Journalists Association to condemn the banning of Hong Kong reporters from covering Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Indonesia in early October.

At least three high-ranking Saint Lucian public officials have announced plans to sue a local radio broadcaster for defamation after the broadcaster read on-air an investigative news article alluding to possible wrongdoing by members of the current governing party.

A radio director was killed and a radio employee wounded after a gunman stormed their station in Brazil’s Rodonia state on 12 October 2013. A lack of effective investigations makes it difficult to determine whether crimes against journalists were motivated by their profession or by a different reason.

President Yahya Jammeh’s former press and public relations chief, Fatou Camara, has been charged with sedition for passing state secrets to a journalist. Camara previously worked as a talk show host for the state-run Gambia Radio and Television Services.