At least 83* journalists around the world died as a direct result of their job in 2016, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today, a significant decline in comparison to record-breaking counts over the past five years. Nearly half of journalist deaths – 36 – occurred while covering armed conflict, mostly in Iraq, Syria and Yemen. […]

Hopes that India’s Supreme Court would strike down laws criminalising defamation were dashed last month when the Court, upholding the laws, opined: “‘Reputation’ of one cannot be allowed to be crucified at the altar of the other’s right of free speech.” Rejecting claims that criminal defamation laws damage free speech, the Court refused to recognise […]

India’s government needs to work harder to fight a culture of impunity for crimes against journalists, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today after two journalists were gunned down in neighbouring eastern states of the country within a 24-hour period. “We join journalists associations in condemning these killings and we urge authorities to conduct a […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the recent arrests of two journalists in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, calling for their immediate release and an end to the media crackdown in the conflict-ridden central Indian state. On March 26, Deepak Jaiswal, a journalist for the Hindi-language daily newspaper Dainik Dainadi was arrested by police […]