The IPI global network is shocked and saddened by the killing of Cresenciano Bunduquin, a radio broadcaster at the station DWXR 101.7 Kalahi FM in the Philippines. IPI calls for a swift and thorough investigation into Bunduquin’s killing, and for those responsible to be held to account. Bunduquin, 50, was shot and killed by two […]

Journalists in Nepal face attacks, arrests, judicial harassment, and hostility from both officials and the public. IPI documented at least 31 press freedom violations in the six-month period between October 2022 and March 2023, nearly two-thirds of which were cases of physical attacks or verbal and online threats. There were at least 15 cases of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is today publishing the speech given by Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui as she accepted the IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero award at IPI’s 2023 World Congress in Vienna on May 25, 2023. Leer el discuro en español. Good evening. Thank you to the members of the IPI/IMS jury for this […]

This year’s IPI World Congress award ceremony celebrated resilience and courage in journalism. Prominent Mexican investigative reporter Carmen Aristegui was awarded the 2023 IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero award, honouring her decades of fearless reporting on corruption in Mexico despite targeted efforts to silence her. News site Myanmar Now received the 2023 IPI-IMS Free Media […]