The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the physical assault of two South Korean journalists in China and urged the Chinese government to clarify the incident and hold those responsible to account. Thursday’s incident occurred as South Korean President Moon Jae-in toured a trade fair in Beijing as part of his four-day state visit to […]

Mexico was the deadliest country for journalists in 2017 with at least 14* killed, edging out Iraq and Syria, even as the total number who died around the world in connection with their work dropped to its lowest level in a nearly a decade, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. IPI has added 82 […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over the extreme actions taken by Finnish police authorities following the release of a controversial article in the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper. Police searched the Helsinki home of Helsingin Sanomat journalist Laura Halminen late on Sunday night. Halminen is one of two authors of an article on the signals intelligence facility […]

Independent journalism is under pressure across the Visegrád region – Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia – as political leaders seek to portray critical journalists as enemies of the national interest and governments and wealthy business interests aim to coopt independent media outlets. That was the consensus among the four prominent speakers at a […]