The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed grave concern for the state of media freedom in Ukraine after a court ruling forced one TV station off the air and limited the licences of another. At a hearing in Kiev on Monday, 30 August, the two privately-run TV channels, TVi and 5 Kanal, were told their […]

A car bomb exploded outside the offices of Televisa, Mexico’s largest media organization, in the early hours of Friday, local time.  The attack happened in the capital of Tamaulipas state, Ciudad Victoria, about 220 miles south of the Texas border. Although no one was injured in the blast, according to Carlos Loret de Mola, host […]

IPI’s Turkey National Committee on Wednesday joined other Turkish media organisations in the launch of a campaign targeting the use of prison sentences against journalists, and calling for those journalists currently imprisoned to be released. The organisations have all come together under the newly-created Turkish Journalists’ Association, in a united bid to improve press freedom […]

At least 25 journalists were held by the Yemeni army as they tried to attend a peace conference in the north of Yemen at the weekend, according to local reports. According to the Yemen Post, the journalists, from local, national and foreign press had been invited by tribal elders in the region to cover and […]