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Remembering Anna Politkovskaya: ‘She became a role model for many young Russian journalists’

It has been 15 years since prominent Russian journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya was brutally murdered after receiving several threats. Her death shocked the nation and made headlines all over the world. Until this day it is unclear who ordered the assassination. On October 7, 2006, Politkovskaya was carrying groceries to her central […]

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IPI condemns murder of U.S. journalist in Iraq

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the fatal attack on U.S. journalist and author Steven Vincent by unidentified gunmen in Iraq. According to information before IPI, Vincent and his Iraqi translator Nouriya Ita’is were abducted at gunpoint by five men in a police car […]

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Despite testimony, no justice for Guyanese journalist Ronald Waddell

Assuming the sworn witness was telling the truth, those responsible for the killing of Guyanese journalist Ronald Waddell must have thought the game was finally up. It was July 2009, nearly four years after Waddell’s death. The scene: a New York City courtroom, where a well-known lawyer was on trial for tampering with witnesses to […]

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IPI strongly condemns the murder of two German journalists in Afghanistan

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 112 countries, strongly condemns the killing of two German journalists by unidentified gunmen in Afghanistan. Karen Fischer and Christian Struwe, worked for Deutsche Welle, Germany’s national broadcaster. They were in Afghanistan to conduct research for a documentary and […]

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