The police in Anambra State, Nigeria, must ensure that journalist Ikechukwu Udendu’s murderers are brought to justice, the International Press Institute (IPI) said on Friday. Ikechukwu Udendu, who publishes and edits a monthly newspaper, Anambra News, was killed on Saturday morning after he left his home in Ogidi to visit the paper’s printing house in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, condemns the legal harassment of journalists and media outlets in connection with ongoing mass protests by farmers in India, as well as wider attempts to stifle the free flow of information in the country. Since November 2020, farmers […]

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 […]