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Six journalists went on a hunger strike to protest against the National Board of the Mongolian National Public Radio and TV (MNPRTV). This was their means of calling for media independence and promotion of public service broadcasting in Mongolia.

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Mexico, through the recent Supreme Court ruling, acknowledged that its current law does not allow for the democratisation of the country's broadcasting system. Hence, international freedom of expression advocates ARTICLE 19, CENCOS and AMARC are now leading the call for the Congress to proceed with law reforms that would allow for more diversity in the media.

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A recently released collection of free and open source software (FOSS) tools for non-profit organisations, the BaseBox aims to help activist and advocacy organisations in developing countries to make good choices about what technology to employ in development work. Find out how to access this new toolkit.

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Two new reports have been recently released—one assesses the impact and challenges of community radio while the other looks at the impact of ICT policy at local and global levels. Find out how to download these reports.

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Two Afghan women journalists were recently killed in Afghanistan. With no final results yet on the investigation, freedom of expression and women's rights advocates condemn the crimes claiming that these incidents exemplify the difficulties journalists, especially women, currently face in the country.

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A draft community media law emphasising that radio and television frequencies in Uruguay should be equitably distributed to non-profit civil society organisations has recently won overwhelming support in the House of Representatives. How can this new community broadcasting law protect and promote the public's rights and interest?