International Press Institute (IPI)

With media professionals across Mexico continuing to face high levels of violent crime, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, the World Editors Forum and the International Press Institute call on the federal government to do more to protect journalists and reverse the prevailing culture of impunity.

With media professionals across Mexico continuing to face high levels of violent crime, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, the World Editors Forum and the International Press Institute call on the federal government to do more to protect journalists and reverse the prevailing culture of impunity.

Police indicated that Georges Henry Honorat was slain in a drive-by shooting at his house in the Delmas district in Port-au-Prince. Reports say that two masked hit men opened fire on the journalist while passing his house on a motorbike.

Police indicated that Georges Henry Honorat was slain in a drive-by shooting at his house in the Delmas district in Port-au-Prince. Reports say that two masked hit men opened fire on the journalist while passing his house on a motorbike.

Following hefty criticism by local and international media and press freedom groups, the Australian government withdrew proposals that would have resulted in undue interference in the independence of the press.

Two Somali journalists have been killed in the past month, while three radio stations have been banned in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.

The office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denied 18 Palestinian journalists access to cover U.S. President Barack Obama’s official visit to Ramallah on Thursday for “security reasons”.

Hasan Cemal resigned from Milliyet after the daily newspaper declined to publish the first column he authored, following a two-week suspension for voicing support for the newspaper’s publication of the “Imrali minutes” earlier this month.