Nedim Şener was today declared a World Press Freedom Hero by the International Press Institute (IPI) following the publication of his book on the murder of fellow Turkish journalist Hrant Dink. Şener, an author and investigative reporter at the Turkish daily national newspaper Milliyet, came to prominence following the publication of his book on the […]

IPI Deputy Director, Alison Bethel McKenzie, recently sat down with award-winning, Hungarian investigative journalist Tamás Bodoky at the first-annual South East Europe Media Organization “Investigative Journalism Days” in Montenegro. Bodoky, author of Trespasses, sat down with IPI to discuss self censorship, corruption in Hungary and the government’s role in helping the media to expose corruption. […]

The International Press Institute is deeply concerned by reports that acting editor of suspended Bangladeshi newspaper Amar Desh, Mahmudur Rahman, may have been tortured in police custody. “Your honour, please save my life,” the editor was quoted by local media as telling the court. “I am not supposed to be alive after the level of […]

The Venezuelan authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Guillermo Zualoga, the owner of Globovision television station, and his son on charges of conspiracy and usury, according to news reports.  Following the January suspension of opposition-aligned Radio Caracas Television Internacional’s (RCTVI) cable operations, Globovision is Venezuela’s only remaining anti-Chavez news broadcaster, reports say. Zualoga and […]