The International Press Institute today (IPI) condemned the South Sudanese government’s refusal to investigate the death of a freelance journalist killed on Saturday in fighting between government forces and rebels, and it demanded that authorities meet their obligation to distinguish journalists covering conflict from combatants. The 26-year-old freelance journalist from the United States, Christopher Allen, […]

South Sudanese authorities must investigate assaults on journalists covering anti-United States protests this week in the capital city, Juba, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. The attacks occurred on Tuesday as hundreds of South Sudanese demonstrated against a recent United States arms embargo in front of the United States embassy and United Nations mission […]

Andrei Soldatov is a Russian investigative journalist and co-founder of the Russian news site Agentura.Ru, which is known for its coverage of terrorism and the activities of Russia’s intelligence agencies. In 2012, Soldatov launched the project “Russia’s Surveillance State”, which revealed government surveillance programmes in the run-up to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined local groups in South East Europe in welcoming the arrest of a suspect following a new online death threat directed at a Bosnian journalist, but urged Bosnian authorities to step up efforts to protect journalist safety. Dragan Bursać, a columnist for Al Jazeera Balkans (AJB) and the Bosnian […]