The head of a union representing Turkish journalists has ended a hunger strike he began last week to protest alleged efforts by management of a state-run news agency to pressure employees to quit the union. Turkish Union of Journalists (TGS) President Ercan Ipekçi said Wednesday that he was ready and willing to continue the hunger […]

Read in English Un periodista de radio y ex-alcalde colombiano fue asesinado el jueves luego de haber sido aparentemente engañado para salir de su oficina en la ciudad de Dosquebradas, aproximadamente a 170 kilómetros al suroeste de Bogotá. El comandante de la policía regional comunicó a medios de comunicación regionales que Argemiro Cárdenas Agudelo, de […]

IPI has joined nearly 20 other organizations in again calling for the release of Mazen Darwish and his colleagues from the Syrian Centre for Media & Freedom of Expression, one month after they were detained during a raid on their Damascus offices. The full text of the statement is below: The Syrian authorities must reveal […]

Lesen Sie diesen Artikel auf Deutsch The German National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI) today issued a statement in which Dr. Carl-Eugen Eberle, the chairman of the committee and of IPI’s Executive Board, praised the release of Turkish journalist Nedim Şener from prison and noted the importance of international solidarity among journalists. The […]