The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned death threats made against journalists by the mayor of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia’s largest city. On Saturday, during a speech to mark the opening of a citywide celebration, Mayor Percy Fernández reportedly said, “I will not rest until I see Tuffi Aré (editor of El […]

Journalism professor and columnist Matt J. Duffy no longer has a job in the United Arab Emirates. In a recent blog post, Duffy said he was dismissed from his post at Zayed University because he felt a duty to “speak and teach with minimal reservation about my area of expertise — journalism, international media law […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) Nepal National Committee on Wednesday expressed concern over continued death threats directed at freelance journalist Ganesh Pandey. In a statement released yesterday, the IPI Nepal Committee reported that an unknown person, who identified himself as Gyanbhi Gurung, had threatened Pandey several times over the past week in relation to an […]

From Sep. 17-19, the International Press Institute (IPI), in partnership with the International Eurasia Press Fund, will host the international conference, “Oil, Gas and Media”, in Baku, Azerbaijan. The two-and-a-half-day conference, to be held at the Kempinski Hotel Badamdar, Baku, will bring together leading energy, business and financial journalists from around the world, along with […]