http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/1416-journalists.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/1416-journalists.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2097538-ukrainian-media-protest-journalists-beaten.html KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Several dozen journalists rallied outside Ukraine's Interior Ministry in Kiev on Monday, accusing police of standing by while two journalists covering an opposition rally were beaten. Olha Snitsarchuk, a journalist with Channel 5 TV, and her husband, Vladislav Sodel, a photographer with the Kommersant newspaper, were punched and kicke... Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2097538-ukrainian-media-protest-journalists-beaten.html 2013-05-20T12:26:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2095130-journalist-dead-eastern-congo.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's mayor said Saturday. "We found his body yesterday in an advanced state of decay. It showed signed of strangulation according to the doctor who examined him on the scene. We couldn't move him furth... Sat, 18 May 2013 16:50:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2095130-journalist-dead-eastern-congo.html 2013-05-18T16:50:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2082976-nicaragua-police-expel-news-photographer-afp.html MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan police say a Chilean photographer working for the French news agency Agence France-Presse has been deported because he entered a restricted area near President Daniel Ortega's office. Police spokesman Fernando Borges says photographer Hector Retamal violated a security cordon around the presidential residence and was d... Mon, 13 May 2013 22:32:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2082976-nicaragua-police-expel-news-photographer-afp.html 2013-05-13T22:32:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2082546-report-german-journalist-detained-syria.html BERLIN (AP) — Berlin daily Tagesspiegel reports that a German journalist has been detained by Syrian government forces while trying to cover the conflict in the country. The newspaper says Indonesia-based freelancer Armin Wertz first informed a friend by text message over a week ago that he was being held at a police station in the northwestern city of Al... Mon, 13 May 2013 19:14:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2082546-report-german-journalist-detained-syria.html 2013-05-13T19:14:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076930-post-attack-top-reporter-worries-cover-blown.html BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — His exclusives have triggered some of Colombia's biggest scandals, leading to the dismissals, arrests and prosecutions of dozens of crooked, sometimes murderous public officials. Yet in this age of social media saturation and in-your-face journalistic ego, Ricardo Calderon continues to shun the limelight. To the public, this old-fa... Fri, 10 May 2013 16:05:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076930-post-attack-top-reporter-worries-cover-blown.html 2013-05-10T16:05:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076308-liberia-journalists-protest-with-black-front.html MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Newspapers in Liberia have printed black front pages after a government official was accused of threatening journalists. The director of the presidential security service reportedly told a journalist: "Be careful, because you have your pens and we have our guns." The security chief, Othello Warrick, later issued a statement saying... Fri, 10 May 2013 10:33:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076308-liberia-journalists-protest-with-black-front.html 2013-05-10T10:33:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2072008-suspect-arrested-russian-journalists-killing.html MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian businessman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ordering the fatal beating of an investigative reporter. Igor Domnikov, a journalist with the leading investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was repeatedly hit in the head with a hammer outside his apartment building in Moscow in May 2000. He died in a hospital two months later. ... Wed, 08 May 2013 19:28:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2072008-suspect-arrested-russian-journalists-killing.html 2013-05-08T19:28:18Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2059750-amnesty-syrian-government-rebels-hunt-reporters.html LONDON (AP) — Amnesty International said Friday that Syria's government and elements of its rebel movement are deliberately targeting journalists, releasing a report which had blame for both sides in the country's civil war. The London-based rights group acknowledges that the journalists' deaths — numbering somewhere between 44 and 100, depending on who d... Thu, 02 May 2013 23:35:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2059750-amnesty-syrian-government-rebels-hunt-reporters.html 2013-05-02T23:35:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2053142-italian-journalist-missing-syria.html MILAN (AP) — Italian daily La Stampa says its correspondent in Syria has been missing for about 20 days. The Turin newspaper's website on Tuesday said 62-year-old Domenico Quirico, an experienced war reporter, entered Syria on April 6 from Lebanon. La Stampa said it has been working with the Italian Foreign Ministry in an effort to find him, but so far wi... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:59:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2053142-italian-journalist-missing-syria.html 2013-04-30T09:59:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2049852-mexican-journalists-march-attacks-press.html XALAPA, Mexico (AP) — Officials in Veracruz state say they know who killed Regina Martinez. The muckraking reporter, found beaten and suffocated in her house, was just the victim of a robbery, according to prosecutors and a local court. But many of her colleagues don't believe it. The man convicted of the crime was tortured into a confession, they allege.... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:42:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2049852-mexican-journalists-march-attacks-press.html 2013-04-28T20:42:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2043954-french-journalist-expelled-north-mali.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The Malian military says it has expelled a French journalist from northern Mali who had documented civilian deaths blamed on Malian soldiers. Lt. Col. Nema Sagara said Thursday that Dorothee Thienot, who has worked for French newspapers, was ordered by soldiers to leave the northern town of Gao. Sagara said that Thienot had been trying... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:11:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2043954-french-journalist-expelled-north-mali.html 2013-04-25T13:11:18Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2028024-senior-british-journalist-charged-bribes.html LONDON (AP) — The Sun newspaper's executive editor was charged Thursday with authorizing bribes to a government official, making him one of most senior journalists to be caught up in Britain's sprawling media ethics scandal. Fergus Shanahan is accused of authorizing one of his journalists to make two payments totaling 7,000 pounds ($10,700) to an unidenti... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:07:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2028024-senior-british-journalist-charged-bribes.html 2013-04-18T15:07:54Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2023472-nigeria-reporters-face-criminal-charges-story.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Prosecutors filed criminal charges Tuesday against two journalists at a Nigerian newspaper over a story they published on alleged plans by the nation's presidency to disrupt opposition parties. The charges are a sign of growing government pressure on the media. Tony Amokeodo and Chibuzo Ukaibe face 10 counts of forgery after the dail... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:23:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2023472-nigeria-reporters-face-criminal-charges-story.html 2013-04-16T17:23:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2017486-4-italian-journalists-held-syria-freed.html MILAN (AP) — The Italian Foreign Ministry says that four Italian journalists who had been detained in Syria are now free. The Foreign Ministry announced the release on Saturday, but did not specify who had detained the four, or details of their release. They had been held since April 4. Italian media have reported that the four are a RAI public television... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:22:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2017486-4-italian-journalists-held-syria-freed.html 2013-04-13T12:22:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2007848-dutch-reporter-victim-citizen-arrest-egypt.html CAIRO (AP) — A Dutch journalist working in Egypt said she was released Tuesday from nearly 12 hours in police custody after an Egyptian vigilante arrested her and turned her over to authorities, accusing her of spreading European culture and endangering the country. Rena Netjes, a freelance reporter for a number of Dutch media who covers Egypt and Libya, ... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:03:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2007848-dutch-reporter-victim-citizen-arrest-egypt.html 2013-04-09T17:03:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2005668-russian-journalist-brain-damaged-attack-dies.html MOSCOW (AP) — Mikhail Beketov, a Russian journalist who suffered brain damage and lost a leg after a brutal assault that followed his campaign against a highway project outside Moscow, died Monday. He was 55. His lawyer, Stalina Gurevitch, told the Rapsi news agency that Beketov died in a hospital Monday after choking on food. Beketov was part of a group ... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:01:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2005668-russian-journalist-brain-damaged-attack-dies.html 2013-04-08T16:01:59Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2002416-4-italian-journalists-held-syria.html MILAN (AP) — The Italian Foreign Ministry says that four Italian journalists have been detained in Syria. The Foreign Ministry on Saturday said that they are in touch with the families of the journalists but declined to say who have detained them or release further details out of concern for their safety. Italian media have reported th... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:48:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2002416-4-italian-journalists-held-syria.html 2013-04-06T12:48:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1985178-palestinian-journalist-jailed-abbas-photo.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A West Bank appeals court on Thursday upheld a one-year prison term for a Palestinian journalist who had a photo on his Facebook page that authorities claimed portrayed President Mahmoud Abbas as a traitor, rights activists said. It was the second such case in two months, and Abbas' Palestinian Authority is facing mounting criti... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:48:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1985178-palestinian-journalist-jailed-abbas-photo.html 2013-03-28T20:48:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1977938-december-us-trial-case-slain-journalist.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Washington judge has set a December trial date for a German man charged with killing his elderly wife. Albrecht Muth was originally scheduled to stand trial beginning Monday, but a judge postponed it because Muth has grown increasingly weak from months of starvation. He remains hospitalized. Superior Court Judge Russell Canan didn't se... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:27:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1977938-december-us-trial-case-slain-journalist.html 2013-03-25T14:27:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1977586-gunmen-kill-female-journalist-somalia.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A media colleague says that gunmen in Somalia have shot and killed a female Somali journalist. Abdikarim Ahmed Bulhan, the director of Abudwak radio in central Somalia, said Monday that two men armed with pistols killed 25-year-old Rahmo Abdulqadir Farah in Mogadishu on Sunday evening. Her murder brings the number of journalists ... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:11:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1977586-gunmen-kill-female-journalist-somalia.html 2013-03-25T10:11:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1965942-hungarian-journalist-asked-to-return-award.html BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's Minister of Human Resources has asked a journalist to return a state award he received Friday after Israel and the United States complained about disparaging remarks he had made earlier about Gypsies and Jews. Minister Zoltan Balog has said he made a mistake by giving the Mihaly Tancsis prize to Ferenc Szaniszlo, a forme... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:59:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1965942-hungarian-journalist-asked-to-return-award.html 2013-03-19T21:59:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1962052-ukrainian-journalist-returns-syrian-captivity.html KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian journalist has returned home from Syria after escaping captors who held her for more than 150 days and she recounted her ordeal Monday, staunchly defending the government of President Bashar Assad and promising to return to Syria to "defend the truth." Ankhar Kochneva, 40, who has worked in Syria as a travel agent, transla... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:54:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1962052-ukrainian-journalist-returns-syrian-captivity.html 2013-03-18T16:54:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1961002-somali-court-overturns-conviction-journalist.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's Supreme Court has overturned a widely criticized conviction of a journalist who was sentenced to six months in prison after he interviewed a woman who said she was raped by security forces Chief Justice Aideed Abdullahi Ilkohanaf said Sunday there was not enough evidence to support an appeals court ruling that reporter ... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:47:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1961002-somali-court-overturns-conviction-journalist.html 2013-03-17T16:47:17Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/1957098-social-media-editor-charged-hacking-conspiracy.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A deputy social media editor for Reuters vowed that Friday would be "business as usual" despite charges of conspiring with the notorious hacking group Anonymous to deface an online story of the Los Angeles Times. Federal authorities allege that in December 2010, Matthew Keys provided hackers with login information to access the comput... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:54:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/1957098-social-media-editor-charged-hacking-conspiracy.html 2013-03-15T13:54:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1956820-tv-reporter-broadcasts-live-china-police-van.html LONDON (AP) — A broadcast from Beijing's Tiananmen Square has turned into a bizarre television experience for British viewers after a Sky News reporter and his camera operator were detained by Chinese authorities on live television. Sky News correspondent Mark Stone says he was broadcasting at Tiananmen Square when officials detained him. He kept the came... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:24:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1956820-tv-reporter-broadcasts-live-china-police-van.html 2013-03-15T11:24:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/1955854-reuters-journalist-charged-with-hacking-conspiracy.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A journalist has been charged by federal authorities with conspiring with the notorious hacking group "Anonymous" to deface a story on the Los Angeles Times' website a little more than two years ago. The federal indictment accuses Matthew Keys of being a "terminated employee" of the Tribune Co. who gave hackers the information they ne... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:27:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/1955854-reuters-journalist-charged-with-hacking-conspiracy.html 2013-03-15T05:27:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1948248-azerbaijani-editor-sentenced-to-9-years-jail.html BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — The editor of an independent Azerbaijani newspaper has been sentenced to nine years in prison for bribery in a trial dismissed by his supporters and rights group as politically motivated. A court in the Caspian nation's capital of Baku on Tuesday found Avaz Zeynalli, editor of the Khural newspaper, guilty of bribery, extortion, con... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:17:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1948248-azerbaijani-editor-sentenced-to-9-years-jail.html 2013-03-12T10:17:12Z