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Ecuador moves to shutter respected press freedom group

Lea este comunicado en español The International Press Institute (IPI) today denounced the Ecuadorean government’s intention to forcibly close Fundamedios, a civil society organisation that has dedicated itself to monitoring attacks on freedom of expression in the Latin American country for more than eight years. Ecuador’s National Communications Secretariat (SECOM), the country’s statutory media regulator, […]

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Nueva agresión de Ecuador contra la libertad de prensa: Fundamedios obligado a cerrar

Read this article in English El Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés) muestra su rechazo frontal contra la resolución emitida por el gobierno de Ecuador de cerrar Fundamedios, organización que se dedica al monitoreo de las agresiones contra la libertad de prensa en el país latinoamericano desde hace más de […]

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Mobs again attack Turkish media outlets

Turkish authorities must take steps to bring those responsible for attacks on media outlets to justice, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today after mobs converged on the offices of daily newspapers and a broadcaster in a second night of violence this week. Daily Hürriyet was attacked again on Tuesday night by stone-throwing demonstrators protesting […]

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IPI condemns mob attack on Turkish daily, criminal charges

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) today called on members of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) to condemn yesterday night’s destructive attack on the headquarters of daily newspaper Hürriyet by a crowd of stone-throwing AKP supporters angered by its reporting on a comment by the president. The […]

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