On 2 February 2010, in the hall of the Serbian Parliament, Minister Mrkonjic, according to several sources, assaulted Kurir journalist Milan Ladjevic. Serbian media reported that the Minister slapped the journalist’s face as he talked to fellow journalists. The minister also verbally attacked the journalist with obscene language. Later, when asked about the case, Minister […]

Jorge Ochoa Martinez on Friday became the third journalist to be assassinated in Mexico in 21 days. According to IPI Death Watch figures, at least 11 journalists were killed because of their job in Mexico in 2009. Ochoa Martinez was the editor and owner of two publications, El Sol de la Costa and El Oportuno, which covered local […]

Three decades after Abdi Ipekci, editor-in-chief of the Turkish daily Milliyet, was shot dead in his car on 1 February 1979 by Mehmet Ali Agca, a right-wing militant who later escaped from jail and attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II in May 1981, IPI is still calling for justice. On 18 January, Ali Agca […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is to participate in a panel discussion on Freedom of Speech and Self-Censorship at a two-day regional conference in Beirut on censorship, organised by the Lebanon-based SKeyes free media group. The organisation was founded following the assassination of An-Nahar journalist Samir Kassir in June 2005. Founded in 2009, SKeyes covers press freedom […]