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IPI calls impunity a ‘dark stain’ on Sri Lankan government

The International Press Institute joined other leading media rights organisations today in condemning a “culture of impunity and indifference” over attacks on journalists in Sri Lanka. Since the beginning of the year, the killing of a senior editor and the attack on the facilities of a popular independent TV channel have led to a paralysis […]

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IPI urges Nepal to investigate attack on journalists

Nepal’s government should move swiftly to investigate the apparent gang killing of a well-known female journalist and harassment of another reporter in the southeastern town of Janakpur, the International Press Institute (IPI) said Wednesday. Uma Singh, a broadcast journalist for Radio Today FM in Janakpur, was stabbed repeatedly by a group of approximately 15 people […]

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Editor shot dead in Sri Lanka

The murder of Lasantha Wickremetunge, known for his exposure of high level corruption and wrongdoings, is a shocking reminder of the dangers facing Sri Lanka’s courageous journalists, for whom death is all too often the ultimate form of censorship. Wickremetunge, editor of The Sunday Leader, was shot near Colombo by unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle […]

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IPI/SEEMO concerned about continuous pressure exerted on the editor and host of TV programme on Croatian HRT

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is concerned about the continuous pressure exerted on Denis Latin, editor and host of the television programme, Latinica, by the management of the Croatian public […]

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