Just one day after The Hindu last August published a report on what was described as “revolving door arrests in Kashmir”, Peerzada Ashiq, the newspaper’s correspondent in the region, heard a knock on his own door. It was a police summons.  When Ashiq arrived at the station, he was questioned for about an hour about […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, today called on the Indian government to end the intimidation and harassment of journalists and to restore full internet and social media access in Jammu and Kashmir. Press freedom in Jammu and Kashmir is under serious threat from […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today strongly condemns a recent police raid into the offices of the Express newspaper in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Togabo. On March 11, the police raided the office of the paper’s editor-in-chief, Omatie Lyder, in search […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, today condemned Tuesday’s attack on journalists by police in the Malawian capital Lilongwe. According to information gathered by IPI from local sources, police officials assaulted four journalists: Hebert Katanda from Luntha Television, Malumbo Ngwira of MIJ FM, Julius […]