The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on all parties to take greater care to ensure the safety of journalists in eastern Ukraine following the death yesterday of a Russian correspondent and his sound engineer near Luhansk. AP reported that Igor Kornelyuk, a correspondent with the state-owned Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned Israel’s three-month extension of its administrative detention without trial of Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal and reiterated its demand that the journalist be allowed to know why he is being held and contest the accusations against him, or be freed immediately. Nazzal, a leading member of the Palestinian Journalists […]

Turkey’s government has issued warrants to detain another 35 people, including journalists, with alleged links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gülen just two days after authorities detained dozens of Kurdish journalists, reportedly bringing the total number of journalists now held in Turkey to 140. Hürriyet reported that police detained nine of the 35 sought under the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the recent murder of a Dilja TV correspondent and his cameraman in Iraq and called for their killers to be swiftly brought to justice. Journalist Ahmen Abdel Samad and cameraman Safaa Ghali were shot by […]