The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned arson threats against the Liberian Daily Observer that were made on 2 April. The publisher and the marketing manager of the Monrovia-based Daily Observer each recently received threatening phone calls from an unknown caller who said that Publisher and Managing Director Kenneth Y. Best’s house would be burnt […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed news that Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland will send a media freedom envoy to Turkey. Jagland announced on 13 April that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had agreed to allow the Council of Europe to send a fact-finding mission to look into the arrests of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) on Wednesday renewed its call for the release of jailed Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev on the fourth anniversary of his imprisonment. IPI also condemned Azerbaijani authorities’ deportation of three Swedish journalists who were arrested Sunday while trying to observe an opposition rally. The detention and expulsion came amidst growing reports […]

Two highly-respected Western war photojournalists were among at least five people killed on Wednesday in the rebel-held city of Misrata when they were hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, international news reports said. At least two other journalists were wounded in the attack. Tim Hetherington, 41, was a British war photographer and filmmaker whose documentary “Restrepo,” […]