Following the Guyanese government’s recent decision to halt advertising in the Stabroek News, it now appears that a number of state-owned companies, who have their own advertising policies, have also decided to do the same. According to information provided to IPI, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) and the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) have also […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, strongly condemns the attack on a pro-Fatah radio station in Gaza by Hamas fighters on 2 February. According to information before IPI, Hamas gunmen surrounded the Voice of Labour radio station in the town of Jebaliya […]

On Friday, 19 January, the Turkish-Armenian journalist, Hrant Dink, was murdered outside the offices of the newspaper he founded. The journalist, who worked for the weekly newspaper Agos, was apparently shot twice in the head and once in the neck. Dink was a popular journalist who has faced legal problems for his articles about the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, strongly condemns the decision by President Hugo Chávez not to renew the broadcast license of the privately-owned Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), Venezuela’s oldest commercial television station. According to information before IPI, Chávez made the announcement in […]