The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, journalists and media executives, today vehemently condemned recent attacks on journalists in the Indian state of West Bengal and demanded that the state government take action against those responsible for these assaults and ensure the safety of journalists. Several journalists, including women reporters, were attacked […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, journalists and media executives, today welcomed the decision by the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, to rescind a policy issued by India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting that would have deprived journalists of government accreditation for publishing what it termed “fake news”. The Information […]

Mexico was the deadliest country for journalists in 2017 with at least 14* killed, edging out Iraq and Syria, even as the total number who died around the world in connection with their work dropped to its lowest level in a nearly a decade, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. IPI has added 82 […]

The government of the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan must reverse a “draconian” ordinance that bars the media from covering allegations of wrongdoing involving public officials in the absence of a government-sanctioned criminal investigation, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today in letters sent to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. Passed on Sept. […]