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Impunity continues to threaten journalism in Mexico

Lea este artículo en Español. Monday’s murder of journalist Luciano Rivera Salgado in Rosarito, Mexico on the two-year anniversary of the shocking killing of photojournalist Rubén Espinosa and four activists in Mexico City highlights, again, the bitter harvest of the country’s ongoing culture of impunity for crimes against journalists. Local news media reported that Rivera, […]

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Journalist sentenced to death in Yemen for ‘spying’

Houthi rebels in Yemen should immediately release a veteran journalist sentenced to death for allegedly spying for Saudi Arabia, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. A court in rebel-held Sana’a sentenced journalist Yahya Al Jubaihi, who has been detained since Sept. 6, on charges of collaborating and spying for an “enemy state”. In what […]

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Q&A: Situation für russische JournalistInnen „unerträglich“

Unabhängige Stimmen sind im Vorfeld der Präsidentschaftswahl vermehrt Drohungen und Angriffen ausgesetzt

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IPI criticises Slovak PM’s remarks on public broadcaster

Efforts by Slovakia’s prime minister to exercise control over the country’s public broadcaster are “inappropriate and unwise”, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today, urging lawmakers to allow the broadcaster to operate independent of political pressure. In an address to Slovakia’s parliament on Thursday, the National Council, on Thursday, Prime Minister Robert Fico, speaking as […]

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