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Colombian journalist gunned down after receiving death threats

Lea este comunicado en español The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Colombian authorities to immediately open an investigation into the murder of radio journalist Luis Peralta Cuéllar. Peralta was shot various times while leaving the offices of his radio station, Linda Stereo 95.1, on Saturday, Feb. 14, in the department of Caquetá. According to […]

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Ecuador media regulator sanctions newspaper over cartoon depicting lawmaker

Ecuador’s media regulator on Friday ordered the daily newspaper El Universo to issue a public apology over a political cartoon satirising a lawmaker from President Rafael Correa’s party. In a statement, the Superintendent of Information and Communication (Supercom) said the cartoon amounted to “socio-economic discrimination” against the Afro-Ecuadorian community and therefore violated Ecuador’s Communications Law. […]

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IPI welcomes Egypt’s release of Al Jazeera journalists

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the announcement that an Egyptian court has ordered Al Jazeera journalists Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy freed on bail. The move today came nearly two weeks after the deportation of the journalists’ Australian colleague, Peter Greste, and followed international outcry demanding the pair’s release. Fahmy, a former Egyptian-Canadian […]

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IPI urges investigation into Honduran journalist’s death

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for Honduran authorities to fully investigate the death of TV journalist Carlos Fernández, who was fatally shot on Thursday in front of his home on the Caribbean island of Roátan. Carlos Gutiérrez, a colleague of Fernández who was with him on the night of the attack, told Univision that the journalist was […]

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