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IPI Focus: World Press Freedom Day 2012 – The story of Marcela Turati

Lea en español “My city finds itself in a state of panic. There is shooting everywhere. People see bodies in the streets. A curfew has been self-imposed. The drug traffickers have silenced our newspaper. We cannot publish anything because they threaten us: they have killed and kidnapped our colleagues. People are afraid and frustrated, understandably […]

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IPI Enfoque: Día de la Libertad de Prensa Mundial 2012 – La historia de Marcela Turati

Read in English “Mi ciudad se encuentra en estado de pánico pues hay balaceras fuertes en varios puntos de la ciudad, la gente ve cuerpos en las calles, se autoimpone toque de queda. Los narcos han silenciado nuestro periódico. No podemos publicar nada porque nos amenazan: nos han matado y secuestrado algunos colegas. La gente […]

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Mexican investigative reporter murdered

A Mexican investigative journalist working for a prominent national newsmagazine was found beaten and strangled to death in her home in the Veracruz state capital of Xalapa on Satuday, news reports said. Regina Martínez was the Veracruz correspondent for Proceso, a weekly publication considered to be one of the country’s leading sources for coverage of […]

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UPDATE: Bomb attacks on Nigerian newspapers

A total of eight casualties have been confirmed following attacks on media houses in Nigeria on Thursday, April 26. Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has allegedly claimed responsibility for the attack. A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden car drove into the offices of ThisDay newspaper in Abuja, while a bomb was thrown at a building […]

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