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IPI calls for renewed urgency in tackling impunity for crimes against journalists around the world

States must urgently do more to protect the safety of journalists and bring those responsible for attacks on the media to justice, the International Press Institute (IPI) said to mark International Day to End Impunity on November 2, 2022. Journalists uncover truth and hold the powerful to account. They bring us critical news and information […]

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IPI launches Washington Post ad demanding justice for Shireen Abu Akleh

To mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the International Press Institute (IPI) today joins with four other press freedom groups to publish a full-page print ad in The Washington Post calling for an independent, U.S.-led investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.  On May 11, 2022, Abu Akleh […]

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IPI calls for transparent investigation into killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif

The IPI global network expresses its condolences to the family and colleagues of Arshad Sharif, prominent Pakistani journalist who was shot and killed by law enforcement in Kenya on October 24. We call for an independent and transparent investigation in order to determine the circumstances of his death.  Sharif, a former anchor with Pakistan’s ARY […]

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IPI to hold its second Annual Turkey Media Symposium in Izmir (Nov. 11)

Organized by the International Press Institute (IPI) Turkey National Committee and co-hosted by Izmir University of Economics on its campus in Izmir on November 11, 2022, IPI’s second annual Turkey Media Symposium, entitled “Media Economy and Financial Sustainability”, brought together a new generation of young journalists and journalism students from across Turkey with international and […]

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