A group of people identifying themselves as cadres of Shiv Sena Nepal stormed into the office of Nepal Republic Media, publisher of Nagarik and Republica dailies along with Sukrabar Weekly, and manhandled the journalists and other staffers. The attackers said they had objection over the content published in Sukrabar Weekly, which had published news regarding […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed news that a group of journalists kidnapped in Syria has been freed, but renewed its call for the release of three others currently believed held there. NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and four others were freed Monday following a firefight that erupted when captors transporting them […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Brazilian authorities to immediately investigate reports of death threats against award-winning investigative journalist Mauri König. According to the Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (Abraji), König and his family were forced to leave their home in Curitiba, capital of the southern state of Paraná, and go into hiding […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed news that Bolivian journalist Fernando Vidal was released from an Argentine hospital where he had been treated for third-degree burns suffered during an arson attack in October. Vidal’s son-in-law, Esteban Farfán Romero, informed IPI that the journalist arrived in his hometown of Yacuiba, Bolivia, late at night on […]