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El IPI condena las amenazas de agentes de la policía española contra Público

Read in English El Instituto International de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés) condena las amenazas de miembros del cuerpo de la policía vertidas contra una periodista del diario español Público, tras sacar a la luz una presunta trama de corrupción en la que éstos estarían implicados. Además, el IPI insta a la […]

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Attacks on Mexico journalists continue into June

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed renewed alarm over the state of media freedom in Mexico following the attempted murder* of a radio journalist in Guerrero state and a violent attack on another journalist in Quintana Roo within a period of two days. On Saturday morning, radio host Marcela de Jesús Natalia was shot […]

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Hope for change in Gambia remains two months after election

With a new president in place, journalists in Gambia appear to be facing a brighter future after more than two decades of severe pressure. In December, the small west African country saw the latest major upheaval in its brief but tumultuous political history when Adama Barrow scored a surprise upset in Gambia’s Dec. 1 presidential […]

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First victory for journalists against Spain’s ‘gag law’

The International Press Institute (IPI) this week welcomed the Spanish government’s decision to drop fines against a reporter who posted online a photo of police making an arrest, ending the first case against a journalist under a controversial provision of Spain’s notorious 2015 “gag law”*. But IPI criticized the government for waiting until one week […]

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