The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over the Sept. 5 sentencing of Zhalaudi Geriev, a journalist with the Russian news website Kavkazsky Uzel (Caucasian Knot), by a court in Chechnya to three years imprisonment for alleged marijuana possession. IPI Director of Advocacy and Communications Steven M. Ellis expressed fears that the charges against […]

The International Press Institute condemned the Israeli Defense Forces’ apparent total disregard for international standards on the protection of journalists and the treatment of journalists in a conflict zone, following the military’s targeted assassination of three journalists in Gaza. Two journalists from Al Aqsa TV were killed yesterday while driving in their company car, while […]

An Iraqi television news presenter was killed on Monday, July 30, when gunmen broke into his home in northern Iraq, wounding members of his family, reports said. Ghazwan Anas, 27, was shot when gunmen burst into his home as he and his family were breaking their fast for the day, Bashar Mandalawy of the Journalistic […]

The International Press Institute condemned the reported murder of journalist Samar Sheikh Ali in Iraq. The body of Ali, 61, was found by security forces in Baghdad on Saturday, November 17, Reporters Without Borders and the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory reported. He worked for Al-Jamahir Al-Baghdadiya website, JFO said. Al Shorfa website, which reported the incident, […]