The International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA) today expressed concern for the whereabouts of a Mexican journalist reported missing this week by his daughters, and called on federal authorities to clarify the murky details surrounding his disappearance. Six journalists have been killed in Mexico in 2012, including Milenio correspondent Victor […]

Hassan Ruvakuki, a reporter for Radio France Internationale’s (RFI) Swahili-language service and local broadcaster Bonesha FM, was convicted to life in prison by a local court on Wednesday, along with 13 others in the eastern African country of Burundi, on charges of terrorism. According to RFI, Ruvakuki was arrested in November last year after returning […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) expects to return to the Dominican Republic to address the invitation issued last week by the Chamber of Representatives of that country. The meeting with the Representatives was part of the Press Freedom Mission to the Dominican Republic carried out by an IPI delegation headed by IPI Executive Director Alison […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes the statement done by ministers of the Jamaican government regarding the possibility of repealing criminal defamation this year in the Caribbean country. During a press freedom mission conducted at the beginning of this week, the IPI delegation, headed by its executive director, Alison Bethel McKenzie, met with representatives of […]