The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the release from prison of Belarusian photojournalist Anton Surapin, but reiterated its concern over his apparent continued prosecution. The Belarus Association of Journalists (BAJ) said on its website Friday that Surapin had been freed on bail from a KGB detention center, but was banned from leaving his hometown […]

A Belfast-based journalist received a death threat over the telephone on Saturday, reportedly from a terror unit of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a paramilitary group. The name of the journalist is not being revealed in line with a policy of the UK National Union of Journalists (NUJ) to protect individuals under threat. According to […]

Leading oil industry analyst Robert J. Weiner will join a strong line-up of speakers and panellists at the international IPI conference on Oil, Gas & Media in Baku, Azerbaijan, to be held from September 17-19. Weiner will take part in a panel session titled, “Risk and Reward – Who is underwriting today’s increasingly complicated and […]

A well-known Guyanese newspaper columnist and human-rights activist was assaulted late Wednesday night after speaking at a public vigil near the country’s parliament building in Georgetown, the latest incident in what he believes to be a government-sponsored campaign to silence him. Freddie Kissoon, who writes for the independent Kaieteur News, told the International Press Institute […]