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El Salvador online news site journalists threatened

Lea en español One month after the Salvadoran online news site El Faro published a report that unleashed a storm of controversy in the country and prompted threats against its journalists, the International Press Institute (IPI) called today upon the government of El Salvador to take effective measures to protect press freedom in the country. […]

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Moldovan broadcaster’s equipment destroyed

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the destruction of technical installations of the regional channel Elita TV, based in Rezina, 100 kilometres from Chisinau, Moldova’s capital. On April 8, 2012, unknown perpetrators entered the headquarters of Elita TV, and deliberately damaged or stole technical […]

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Call for applications for journalism fellowship

The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism is pleased to announce the creation of a new award named the Said-Asfari Fellowship jointly sponsored by the Asfari Foundation and the Said Foundation. This gives a unique opportunity for journalists from Lebanon, Palestine and Syria (resident in the Levant region or Egypt) to benefit from a […]

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IPI urges Bahamas to respect press freedom during election season

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on authorities in the Bahamas to ensure that the rights of the media are respected ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections. Bahamians will go to the polls on May 7 to determine all 41 seats in the country’s House of Assembly, the lower legislative chamber. Traditionally, the leader of […]

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