The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged authorities to conduct a swift investigation into the death of a journalist in Tongapal, the tribal Sukma district in the South Bastar area of Chhattisgarh, in central India. Nemi Chand Jain, a 45-year-old journalist based in Tongapal, was found dead on Wednesday with his throat slit. His body […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern at the climate journalists in India face following a number of attacks in recent weeks. On Saturday, followers of a religious leader accused of sexual assault attacked journalists in Jodphur as they sought to cover the story, just over a week after two journalists were killed in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today reiterated its concern over a series of deadly assaults on Indian journalists in recent weeks. On Sept. 6, in two separate incidents of violence, freelance journalist Rajesh Verma, working for the IBN7 television channel, and a photographer identified only as Israr, were killed while covering the clashes between two groups in the Muzaffarnagar […]

Freelance war photographer Olivier Voisin died on Sunday in a Turkish hospital, days after he was wounded in the head and arm while covering the fighting near Idlib, in north-western Syria, according to reports. Voisin was hit by an exploding shell on Thursday, Feb. 21, the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said, noting that Voisin had […]