At least 10 journalists in the northern Colombian city of Santa Marta were threatened with death after disseminating an interview in which a jailed former paramilitary commander alleged links between his organisation and local politicians, news reports said. The commander, Jesús Gelves Albarracín, known as “El Canoso”, was interviewed on Sept. 7 by journalist Alejandro […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today kicked off its two-day “Oil, Gas and Media Conference” by calling on the Azerbaijan government to support a free media and to promote greater transparency in the oil and gas sector. More than 170 journalists from 27 countries gathered at Gulustan Palace to open the first-of-its-kind event, which began […]

The International Press Institute today joined with its Turkish National Committee, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), EFJ affiliate the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (Türkiye Gazeteciler Sendikası – TGS) and the Freedom for Journalists Platform (Gazetecilere Özgürlük Platformu – GÖP) to issue a statement expressing alarm over the continuing deterioration of media freedom in Turkey. […]

Two Gambian newspapers received orders on Friday to immediately cease operations, according to local journalists, in what is apparently the second attempt within a month to censor Gambian media. “We are very concerned at another apparent effort to censor the Gambian media,” said IPI Press Freedom Manager Barbara Trionfi. “We hope that this issue is […]