An exodus from Iran, East Africa

At least 85 journalists fled their home countries in the past year in the face of attacks, threats, and possible imprisonment. High exile rates are seen in Iran and in the East African nations of Somalia an...

September 02, 2010

Iran's opposition Green Movement has officially launched a new satellite TV channel, RASA TV (Resan-e Sabz-e Iran or Iran's Green Media), RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports.

Ebrahim Nabavi, one of the channel's organiz...

December 15, 2010

Forty-two journalists were killed around the world this year and Pakistan was the deadliest country of all, a study by the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday.

Pakistan led the list of fatalities with ...

July 17, 2010

A suicide bomber has killed at least four people in an attack that appeared to target the office of Dubai-based Al Arabiya television in Baghdad.

The bomber, driving a mini-van, blew up the vehicle near the entrance o...

Intimidation of the media has become a serious issue in Pakistan.

Journalists, however, are vowing not to give in to the threats. The country's rampant violence made Pakistan one of the deadliest environments in the world last year for rep...

February 17, 2011

Reporters Without Borders condemned the Iranian government’s renewed crackdown of the past few days including a wave of arrests of journalists that began on 14 February and cases of harassment of journalists’ families...