International Press Institute (IPI)

In meetings with an International Press Institute delegation, Surinamese government officials expressed support for the revision of the country’s defamation laws so long as the changes were accompanied by sustainable journalist training and a reliable avenue for citizens to voice complaints against the media.

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, the International Press Institute announces that it will be honouring journalists Marie Colvin and Mika Yamamoto and the Malaysian station Radio Free Sarawak.

Mufail Limani, editor-in-chief of Radio Television Kosovo, had the entrance to his house set on fire on 1 May. The attack follows numerous press freedom violations in Kosovo in recent days.

Recent moves by members of Slovakia’s judiciary are creating growing pressure that threatens press freedom in the country, the Slovak Committee of the International Press Institute says.

Gezi Bimbashi was brutally beaten on 22 April in Kosovo’s northern town of Mitrovica. He was attacked with wooden flag handles while reporting on a protest organised by members of the Serbian community in northern Kosovo.

George Tselikas was assaulted on 14 April 2013 by a group of unknown assailants outside a football stadium in Athens. This is the third attack on a sports journalist in Greece this year.

Mansour Nour, a journalist for the September 26 newspaper, was shot at by gunmen in the city of Aden. He was hit three times in his right leg, which later had to be amputated.

As a global campaign to release journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye from prison picks up speed, other Yemeni journalists are finding it increasingly hard to do their jobs amid death threats and attempted attacks orchestrated at the hands of a variety of Yemeni factions with different agendas.