The International Press Institute (IPI) today voiced concern over a Mexican radio station’s firing of a journalist after she said on air that Mexican President Felipe Calderon should respond to allegations that he is an alcoholic. Well-known radio and TV journalist Carmen Aristegui was fired by MVS radio on Monday after she refused to apologize […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over Russian authorities’ explanation of their decision to deny re-entry into the country for British journalist Luke Harding, the Moscow correspondent for daily newspaper The Guardian. Russia’s foreign ministry issued a short statement yesterday saying that Harding had violated “a whole series” of the terms of his […]

Media personnel continue to suffer in the ongoing demonstrations in Egypt, with an Egyptian journalist succumbing to injuries sustained during the protests. Ahmed Mohammed Mahmoud, a journalist working for the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ta’awun, died Friday, 4 February, of injuries sustained when he was shot by a sniper a week before. Mahmoud was taking pictures of […]

Turkish state broadcaster TRT said yesterday that its Egypt correspondent, Metin Turan, was beaten by a group of pro-Mubarak demonstrators and lost a tooth in the attack, the International Press Institute (IPI) has learned from its IPI Turkish National Committee. The broadcaster reported that Turan was attacked by around 15 demonstrators with batons, and that […]