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Killing of Iraqi journalist must be investigated

The International Press Institute condemned the reported murder of journalist Samar Sheikh Ali in Iraq. The body of Ali, 61, was found by security forces in Baghdad on Saturday, November 17, Reporters Without Borders and the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory reported. He worked for Al-Jamahir Al-Baghdadiya website, JFO said. Al Shorfa website, which reported the incident, […]

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Press freedom in Iraq plummets to ‘worst level in over a decade’

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the brutal climate of repression and censorship against media outlets in Iraq and called on authorities to immediately reverse blanket internet blackouts and forced closures of TV and radio stations. As deadly anti-government protests entered […]

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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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IPI joins over 80 groups in calling for release of Syrian freedom of expression defenders

The following is an appeal from over 80 groups, initiated by the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC), calling on the authorities to free human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and writers in Syria, some of whom have been detained incommunicado: […]

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