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IPI urges full investigation after journalist shot and killed in Peru

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined press freedom groups in urging Peruvian authorities not to rule out a young journalist’s investigative work as a possible motive for his murder last weekend. Fernando Raymondi, a journalist working for the weekly magazine Caretas, was shot and killed in what national investigative authorities in Peru are calling […]

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IPI urges Myanmar Attorney General to uphold media freedom

The International Press Institute (IPI) has called on Myanmar to thoroughly investigate the recent death of a journalist at the hands of the military and to release five staffers from a weekly newspaper sentenced to seven years behind bars. IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie in an open letter urged Myanmar Attorney General Dr. Tun […]

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IPI saddened at passing of former board member Peter Wang

The International Press Institute (IPI) expressed sadness today at news of the death of former IPI Executive Board member Peter Pi Cheng Wang on Nov. 7. Wang was an active IPI Executive Board member from 1983 to 1991, and a long-time member of IPI and participant at IPI World Congresses. He was named an IPI […]

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Egypt must allow NGOs to work freely in the country

The International Press Institute (IPI) expressed alarm today over the Egyptian government’s decision to enforce a Mubarak-era law requiring all non-governmental organisations to register with the authorities or face criminal repercussions.  The deadline for registration is today, Nov. 10, 2014. A number of international organisations working in Egypt for press freedom, freedom of expression and […]

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