Journalists

Journalists

• Gunmen kill Pakistani reporter near Afghan border

  A Pakistani private news channel says gunmen have shot and killed one of its reporters in the country's tribal region bordering Afghanistan. 

• Dubai officials block Bahrain-based AP journalist

  Two Bahrain-based journalists, including a reporter for The Associated Press, were blocked from entering the United Arab Emirates on Monday under ... 

• Somalia: $50,000 for info on journalists' killers

  The Somali government is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the convictions of those killing journalists, the country's prime ... 

• 

  BBC journalists go on strike over job cuts

  BBC journalists walked off the job Monday in a 24-hour strike to protest job cuts at the broadcaster. Staff mounted picket lines outside of the BBC's ... 

• CPJ asks Congo to release imprisoned journalist

  A leading media advocacy group is calling on Congolese authorities to release a journalist who was sentenced in December to six months in prison on ... 

• Somalia : Journalist freed but may face charges

  A Somali journalist was freed after being detained without charges for more than a week for speaking out against the imprisonment of a fellow reporter 

• 2 Nigeria journalists charged after polio killings

  Police in northern Nigeria arrested and charged two radio journalists and a local cleric alleged to have sparked the killings of at least nine women ... 

• Group: Somali journalist detained without trial

  A Somali journalist is being detained without charge in Somalia for speaking out against the imprisonment of a fellow reporter, said an international ... 

• 

  Israeli troops detain AP photographer

  Israeli troops detained an Associated Press photographer during West Bank unrest over the weekend, handcuffing him and forcing him to sit on the ... 

• Iran detains more journalists over links with BBC

  Iran's official news agency is reporting authorities have arrested another group of local journalists accused of links with the BBC. The report by ... 

• Gaza's Hamas rulers arrest 6 local reporters

  A Palestinian rights group says Gaza's Hamas rulers have detained six journalists suspected of affiliation to a rival group, Fatah. The Palestinian ... 

• Groups call for Somali gov't to release journalist

  Rights groups on Wednesday called for the Somali government to release a journalist arrested by police for interviewing a woman who said she was raped ... 

• Mozambique: Man guilty in journalist's death freed

  A judge in Mozambique has ordered the release of a businessman convicted of ordering the 2000 murder of one of the country's top investigative ... 

• UK tabloid journalist charged over police bribes

  The defense editor of Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid The Sun and a former police officer have been charged in connection with the bribing of public ... 

• French journalist killed in Syria

  French President Francois Hollande offered condolences Friday for a French journalist slain in the Syrian city of Aleppo while reporting on the civil ... 

• Editor: Somali journalist shot dead; 1st this year

  Unknown gunmen shot dead a Somali radio producer on Friday, the first journalist to be killed this year, an editor with his Somali radio station said. 

• Somali journalist arrested after story on rape

  Police in Somalia have arrested a journalist who wrote a story about a woman who said she was raped by government security forces, prompting an outcry ... 

• Gambia releases on bail local journalist for AP

  A Gambian journalist who contributes to The Associated Press was released on bail Thursday after being detained by Gambia's internal security service ... 

• Gambian lawyer sees local AP reporter in detention

  A Gambian journalist who contributes to The Associated Press is in good condition although he has been held in detention by Gambia's internal security ... 

• Gambia detains local AP reporter for second time

  A Gambian journalist who contributes to The Associated Press was held by security officials Monday night, according to the Gambian Press Union. 

• Kuwaiti journalist jailed for Twitter 'insults'

  A Kuwait newspaper says an online journalist has been sentenced to two years in prison for posts deemed "insulting" to the Gulf nation's ruler — the ... 

• South Sudan arrests 2 state TV journalists

  A journalists group says two reporters working for state TV in South Sudan have been arrested without charge. The Committee to Protect Journalists ... 

• 2 Romanian journalists sentenced for blackmail

  A Romanian court has given two journalists suspended prison sentences after they were convicted of trying to blackmail politicians and businessmen ... 

• 

  Parents: No word on US journalist missing in Syria

  From their New Hampshire home, the parents of a foreign journalist who has been missing in Syria since he was kidnapped more than a month ago appealed ... 

• 

  American journalist missing in Syria

  An American journalist has been missing in Syria since he was kidnapped more than one month ago, his family said Wednesday, less than two years after ...