We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Radio journalist slain in Brazil Unknown gunmen shot and killed a radio journalist last September 1 in Tabatinga, a municipality in Amazonas, Brazil, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported. Journalist supporting former president killed A journalist supporter of a former president of Honduras was killed after sustaining nine gunshots from a group of assassins last September 8 in Bijao, Puerto CortĂ©s City, ComitĂ© por la Libre ExpresiĂłn (C-Libre) reported. Iraqi radio journalist gunned down An Iraqi radio journalist was shot dead by unknown gunmen last September 8 in Baghdad, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Peruvian journalist attack by gunman, dies A Peruvian journalist died last September 8 after he was shot by an unidentified assailant on September 6 in Casma, in the northwestern province of Peru, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported. Malaysian cameraman killed, another wounded in Somalia African Union troops allegedly killed a Malaysian television cameraman and injured his colleague last September 2 while they were in a convoy with a humanitarian aid organization in Mogadishu, Somalia, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) reported. Women journalists killed in Mexico The bodies of two Mexican journalists were found last September 1 in a park in Mexico City a day after they were reported missing, Article 19 reported. Mexican journalist’s body found Authorities found the body of a Mexican journalist last August 25 in Culiacán, Sinoloa, a northwestern state in Mexico a day after he was abducted by unidentified armed men, Article 19 reported. Broadcaster shot dead in southern Philippines CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster was gunned down by two unidentified gunmen last 22 August 2011 in Enrique B. Magalona town, Negros Occidental. Negros Occidental is approximately 467 kilometers south of Manila. Niel “Lito” Jimena died at the Teresita Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City from five gunshot wounds. The... Family of slain Palawan journalist files MR against dismissal of alleged masterminds, accomplices (UPDATED) CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The family of a slain Palawan broadcast journalist filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) a motion for reconsideration asking the reinstatement of charges against the alleged masterminds and several other accomplices in the killing of the broadcaster, July 1. Andal Sr. asks court to arraign him CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The patriarch of the Ampatuan clan has asked the Quezon City court trying him and 195 others to arraign him in the next hearing. In an 18 May 2011 motion, Andal Ampatuan Sr. requested through his counsel that he be arraigned on 25 May 2011. The hearings... « Previous1…678910…13Next »
