The International Press Institute (IPI) urges authorities in Honduras to thoroughly investigate a brutal attack on a television journalist and bring those responsible to justice. According to local reports, Joel Coca, 34, correspondent for Canal 11 and coordinator for the “Más Noticias” (More News) television program on the MultiCable television station, was attacked by two […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) expressed satisfaction today at the release of Yemeni journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye from prison after three years, but urged authorities in Yemen not to further restrict the journalist by placing him under house arrest. Previously, the United States government had reportedly pressured Yemeni authorities not to free Shaye, who covered […]

International Press Institute (IPI) Senior Press Freedom Adviser Steven M. Ellis and South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) Secretary General Oliver Vujovic travelled to Istanbul this week to speak before the second Congress of the Freedom for Journalists Platform (Gazetecilere Özgürlük Platformu – GÖP), an umbrella group representing press freedom and free expression groups across […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), expressed alarm over the continued imprisonment of Tomislav Kezarovski, a journalist working for the daily Nova Makedonija in the Republic of Macedonia / Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Tomislav Kezarovski has now spent nearly two months behind bars. Kezarovski was […]