The undersigned members of the global Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) are appalled by death threats made against fellow IPI Executive Board member and Dawn editor Zaffar Abbas as well as Dawn CEO Hamid Haroon during demonstrations outside the offices of Dawn in Pakistan. On December 3 protestors laid siege to Dawn’s […]

Cyril Almeida, an editor and columnist at Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper and the International Press Institute (IPI)’s 71st World Press Freedom Hero, faces treason charges following his tenacious coverage of the Pakistan state’s patronage of militant groups. In Pakistan, treason is a capital offence. There is only one punishment for the charges against Almeida: death by hanging. […]

Pakistani journalist Cyril Almeida received the 2019 International Press Institute (IPI) World Press Freedom Hero award at a special ceremony as part of the 2019 IPI World Congress in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 5. At the same ceremony, the 2019 Free Media Pioneer award was conferred on Egyptian news site Mada Masr. Both awards are […]

Cyril Almeida, an editor and columnist with Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper facing treason charges following his tenacious coverage of the Pakistani state’s patronage of militant groups, has been named the International Press Institute (IPI)’s 71st World Press Freedom Hero. IPI and International Media Support (IMS) also announced the Egyptian news site Mada Masr as the recipient […]