The number of deaths of journalists in an already-record-breaking year continued to inch higher over the last week, as one journalist was killed by reported rebels in Syria and another shot dead by police amid anti-rape protests in India. The International Press Institute (IPI)’s Death Watch stood at 132 following Sunday’s death of Indian journalist […]

Freelance war photographer Olivier Voisin died on Sunday in a Turkish hospital, days after he was wounded in the head and arm while covering the fighting near Idlib, in north-western Syria, according to reports. Voisin was hit by an exploding shell on Thursday, Feb. 21, the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said, noting that Voisin had […]

Following a month of escalating violence in Syria, the International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the failure of involved parties to stanch the deadly violence against journalists, which resulted in the deaths of yet another journalist and a citizen reporter today. “Once again, we reiterate that journalists and citizen reporters must be able to report […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) was saddened this week to learn of the deaths of four journalists killed while covering violent clashes near Daraa, Syria. Al Jazeera said yesterday that one of its correspondents, Mahran Al Deeri, died on Wednesday in the city of Sheikh Maskin. According to members of Al Deeri’s family quoted by […]