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Third journalist killed in India’s Bihar in eight months

The third murder of a journalist in the last eight months in India’s eastern Bihar state yesterday illustrates the danger of allowing such crimes to continue to be met with impunity, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today as it urged authorities to fully investigate the case. Unidentified men gunned down Braj Kumar Singh, a […]

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Journalist jailed in Chechnya on drug possession charges

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over the Sept. 5 sentencing of Zhalaudi Geriev, a journalist with the Russian news website Kavkazsky Uzel (Caucasian Knot), by a court in Chechnya to three years imprisonment for alleged marijuana possession. IPI Director of Advocacy and Communications Steven M. Ellis expressed fears that the charges against […]

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Israel kills three journalists in Gaza as more media offices are damaged

The International Press Institute condemned the Israeli Defense Forces’ apparent total disregard for international standards on the protection of journalists and the treatment of journalists in a conflict zone, following the military’s targeted assassination of three journalists in Gaza. Two journalists from Al Aqsa TV were killed yesterday while driving in their company car, while […]

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IPI calls for investigation into journalist slaying in Iraq

An Iraqi television news presenter was killed on Monday, July 30, when gunmen broke into his home in northern Iraq, wounding members of his family, reports said. Ghazwan Anas, 27, was shot when gunmen burst into his home as he and his family were breaking their fast for the day, Bashar Mandalawy of the Journalistic […]

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