Imagine a child, born, eyeless; earless and mouth-less. Imagine if the baby was a country, so precious, so new, and millions of its people died for its birth. Welcome to South Sudan, a country where freedom fever is frying as an idea at the core of its founding, freedom of speech, comes under fire.

Since president Rafael Correa took office, his new measures have made Ecuador one of the countries in the world with the lowest press freedom scores at the moment. Reporters Without Borders reports that at least 17 broadcast media channels have been shut down since the beginning of the year.

Italy said tonight that four Italian journalists have been abducted in Libya, and their driver killed. The news came as journalists trapped inside ...

Journalists taking shelter at a hotel in Tripoli say they have come under siege on Wednesday, as fighting continues in areas of Tripoli following the ...