The International Press Institute is saddened by the passing of award-winning Brazilian video journalist, Santiago Andrade, on Feb. 10. Andrade, 49, was declared brain dead after being hit in the head by an explosive device as he was covering street protests in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 6. The device, described as a firecracker, had […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for a full investigation into the fate of a Russian photojournalist whose death was confirmed today nearly a month after he went missing in eastern Ukraine. “We are saddened to learn of Andrei Stenin’s death,” IPI Senior Press Freedom Adviser Steven M. Ellis said. “Our thoughts are with […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on all parties to take greater care to ensure the safety of journalists in eastern Ukraine following the death yesterday of a Russian correspondent and his sound engineer near Luhansk. AP reported that Igor Kornelyuk, a correspondent with the state-owned Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned Israel’s three-month extension of its administrative detention without trial of Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal and reiterated its demand that the journalist be allowed to know why he is being held and contest the accusations against him, or be freed immediately. Nazzal, a leading member of the Palestinian Journalists […]