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Egypt sentences three journalists in absentia to death

The death sentences that an Egypt court recently recommended for three journalists in absentia are unjust and must not be allowed to stand, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. The court made the recommendation on Saturday in a case charging the journalists and three others with endangering national security by leaking state secrets and […]

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IPI condemns shooting attack on Turkey journalist Can Dündar

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the attempted shooting of Turkish journalist Can Dündar today outside the courthouse where he was expected to hear the verdict in a criminal case over reports claiming that Turkey’s intelligence agency secretly armed Islamist rebel groups in Syria. Dündar, editor-in-chief of daily newspaper Cumhuriyet, escaped unharmed when a […]

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Honduras journalist survives two attacks in one day

The Honduran government must do more to bring journalists’ attackers to justice, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today, two days after a radio journalist survived two apparent attempts on his life in a single day in the country’s capital city of Tegucigalpa. Radio journalist Felix Molina said that he was twice accosted by armed […]

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Israel’s administrative detention of Palestinian journalist criticised

A Palestinian journalist ordered detained for four months without trial in Israel this week should be allowed to know why he is being held and to contest the accusations against him or be freed immediately, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Israel’s military issued an administrative detention order on Monday against Omar Nazzal, a […]

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