The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed news that a Turkish cameraman held in Syria for three months has been freed, but called for the release of the man’s colleague and two other journalists believed to be held in the country. Turkish daily Hürriyet reported that Cüneyt Ünal, a cameraman with the U.S.-funded Arabic-language satellite […]

The International Press Institute strongly condemned the Israeli military bombardment of two buildings housing local and international news media in Gaza, which injured at least six journalists, according to local and international news reports.* IPI further condemned a travel ban imposed on foreign journalists by Hamas. “We remind Israel and Hamas that journalists covering conflict […]

A Gambian journalist who said he received an emailed death threat in late-October now says he has been threatened verbally by a group of men who drove by his home in a darkly-windowed vehicle late on Tuesday. The International Press Institute condemned the reported threat and reiterated its call to police to investigate. Abubacarr Saidykhan, […]

President Ernest Bai Koroma State House Freetown, Sierra Leone Vienna, Nov. 16, 2012 Dear President Ernest Bai Koroma, Your Excellency, I am writing today from the International Press Institute in Vienna, Austria to respectfully request that your government ensure that journalists covering tomorrow’s election are able to do so without fear of harassment, violence or […]