The International Press Institute (IPI) today again expressed deep concern over the fate of two foreign journalists reportedly captured by Syrian loyalist forces in Aleppo last month after the Syrian government on Tuesday denied that it was holding one of them. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which oversees U.S.-funded Arabic-language satellite station Al Hurra, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned death threats made against journalists by the mayor of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia’s largest city. On Saturday, during a speech to mark the opening of a citywide celebration, Mayor Percy Fernández reportedly said, “I will not rest until I see Tuffi Aré (editor of El […]

Journalism professor and columnist Matt J. Duffy no longer has a job in the United Arab Emirates. In a recent blog post, Duffy said he was dismissed from his post at Zayed University because he felt a duty to “speak and teach with minimal reservation about my area of expertise — journalism, international media law […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) Nepal National Committee on Wednesday expressed concern over continued death threats directed at freelance journalist Ganesh Pandey. In a statement released yesterday, the IPI Nepal Committee reported that an unknown person, who identified himself as Gyanbhi Gurung, had threatened Pandey several times over the past week in relation to an […]