The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined 34 other civil society organisations in calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to put human rights, especially free expression and press freedom, at the heart of Canada’s “renewed” relationship with China. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang recently visited Canada for talks with Prime Minister Trudeau, during which an agreement […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a regional organisation of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe, and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), strongly condemns the car bombing that killed Ivo Pukanic, journalist and owner of the NCL Media Group in Zagreb, and Niko Franjic, marketing director of […]

IPI deplores the murder of radio journalist Godofredo Linao, who was gunned down in Barobo City, in the Surigao Del Sur province, during the early hours of Monday 27 July 2009. Linao’s murder brings the number of journalists killed in the Philippines this year to four, further entrenching the country’s position as one of Asia’s […]

The number of journalists confirmed dead in the massacre that took place in the Philippines’ southern province of Maguindanao last Monday had grown to 21 by 6 p.m. today, the Manila-based Centre for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) told IPI earlier this evening. A total of 34 journalists are believed to have been part of […]