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Two TV journalists gunned down covering protests in Iraq

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the recent murder of a Dilja TV correspondent and his cameraman in Iraq and called for their killers to be swiftly brought to justice. Journalist Ahmen Abdel Samad and cameraman Safaa Ghali were shot by […]

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Activists attack Pakistan TV station, leaving one dead

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned an attack on local TV channel ARY News in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi by activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) that left at least one person dead and several others injured. The violence occurred shortly after MQM chief Altaf Hussain, who lives in self-imposed exile […]

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Zambia suspends independent broadcasters’ licences

Zambia’s broadcasting regulator yesterday suspended the licences of the country’s only major independent television channel and two radio stations on as-yet unexplained “national security” grounds, a move the International Press Institute (IPI) said appeared illegal and politically motivated. The chair of the IBA’s board, Brigadier General Justin Mutale, said the decision targeting MUVI TV, Komboni […]

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New York court order to handover materials challenged

A New York Times reporter should not be forced to handover materials about her jailhouse interview with the suspect in the 1991 murder of a toddler long known only as “Baby Hope”, nearly 60 news media outlets, journalists’ associations and press freedom defenders said last week. Supporting Frances Robles’ appeal of a court order, the organisations, […]

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