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IPI Executive Board condemns Iran’s interference with international broadcasts

All 27 members of the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI), the world’s oldest global press freedom organisation, today passed a resolution strongly condemning an escalating campaign by the Iranian government to silence free and independent media in Iran. International broadcasters including the BBC, Deutsche Welle and Voice of America have all recently […]

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Two more journalists murdered on Brazil’s frontier

Lea en español Two Brazilian journalists working near the Paraguayan border were killed over the weekend, less than a week after the International Press Institute (IPI) released a special report warning of increased violence against the media in Brazil’s frontier regions. The deaths of newspaper owner Onei de Moura and radio reporter Divino Aparecido Carvalho, […]

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Dos periodistas más son asesinados en la frontera de Brasil

Read in English Dos periodistas brasileños que trabajaban cerca de la frontera con Paraguay fueron asesinados durante el fin de semana, sólo unos días después de que el Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés), publicara un reporte especial que advertía sobre el incremento de la violencia contra los medios de […]

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Shooting of Somali journalist continues disturbing trend

A Somali radio journalist is recovering after being shot in the chest by two unknown assailants on Sunday evening, the latest in a series of armed attacks against journalists and media workers in the troubled East African state. Mohyadin Hasan Mohamed, head of news for the Shabelle Media Network, told the National Somali Union of […]

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