Friday marked the anniversary of the assassination of journalist Deyda Hydara in The Gambia in 2004. As a founder and editor of The Point newspaper, Hydara was known for his criticism of President Yahya Jammeh’s iron-fisted rule. Jammeh is still president, but eight years on, Hydara’s killers have not been brought to justice. Moreover, privately-owned […]

H.E. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo President Office of the President New Executive Bldg, Malacańang Palace Compound J.P. Laurel Street, San Miguel, Metro Manila Philippines Fax: (+632) 735 80 06 Vienna, 5 August 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the murder of a […]

On 4 March, journalist Giuliana Sgrena was wounded in the shoulder when US-led coalition forces fired on her. Nicola Calipari, an Italian secret service agent who was travelling in the same car as Sgrena, was killed in the incident. The shooting apparently occurred close to a military checkpoint in Baghdad and came shortly after kidnappers […]

Last week’s arrest in Azerbaijan of Mehman Aliyev, head of the independent Turan Information Agency, and the criminal charges his news outlet faces have renewed concerns about deteriorating media freedom in the country, where at least 11 other journalists are currently behind bars. Aliyev, who has headed the news agency since its founding in 1990, […]