The International Press institute (IPI) today called on Sri Lanka’s government to bring to justice those behind the recent beating of a journalist who was attacked and struck in the head with a pole. Freddy Gamage, editor of website Meepura and convener of Sri Lanka’s Professional Web Journalists Association was walking towards his car after […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) urged Indonesia to ensure the safety of journalists after a reporter covering demonstrations related to the country’s 1965 anti-communist massacre was threatened with violence and forced into hiding. On Thursday, Rappler.com reporter Febriana Firdaus attempted to cover the second day of a gathering in Jakarta of over 300 Islamic hardliners […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the murder of a journalist in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu who was shot down as she left the local university where she was studying, and it called on local and national authorities to bring the killers to justice. Three unidentified gunmen targeted Sagal Salad Osman, a producer of state-run […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today blasted a series of attacks on journalists covering protests in Venezuela’s capital city Caracas and joined calls for a full investigation to hold the assailants accountable. More than a dozen journalists were threatened, beaten and robbed as they covered spontaneous protests against increased food shortages in the country that […]