International Press Institute (IPI)

Timothy Spence, IPI Senior Press Freedom Advisor, speaks with Rwandan journalist Fred Muvunyi. Muvunyi became the first head of the new Rwanda Media Commission, a seven-member self-regulatory body.

The editor-in-chief of Slobodna Bosna said he considered a recent fire in the office to be a clear warning to the magazine.

Over 60 organisations signed a joint appeal to Moroccan authorities to free editor Ali Anouzla, jailed on 17 September for posting a link to an Al-Qaeda video on his news website alongside an article critical of the video.

Bulgarian journalist Genka Shikerova’s car was set on fire on 16 September in what is suspected to have been arson. Shikerova told viewers of her show on Tuesday morning that the vehicle was parked in front in Sofia when it was set ablaze and that the vehicle was destroyed.

With the world focused on the country’s chemical weapons stockpile, kidnapped and missing media workers in Syria must not be forgotten.

Slovak authorities should stop pressuring a Slovak journalist to divulge his source for reports on wiretapped conversations between alleged organised crime figures and senior police officials, the International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), say.

The Parliament of Grenada has approved legislation that would punish the sending of “offensive” electronic communications with up to one year in prison, Grenadian media reported.

Three weeks before parliamentary elections in Cameroon, the government’s National Communications Council (NCC) has ordered the suspension of 11 media organisations, accusing them of unprofessionalism and unethical behaviour.