International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Director Barbara Trionfi this week sent a letter to the chief justice of the High Court of Kerala, India expressing concern over continued restrictions on journalists’ right to cover court proceedings. In the letter, which was also directed to the chief minister of Kerala’s government, Trionfi noted that journalists have […]

An Indian journalist hospitalised after being beaten over the head by unknown assailants died on Friday of his injuries while being transferred to a second hospital after his condition deteriorated. Indian media reported that the journalist, Rajesh Mishra, worked as an editor for Media Raj, a Hindi weekly published in the city of Rewa, Madya […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) condemned the recent killings of journalists in Pakistan, India and Syria and reiterated its deep concern over the disappearance of three journalists in Syria, who have been missing for several weeks. In Pakistan, Abdul Haq Baloch, 37, correspondent for ARY News television station and Secretary of the Khuzdar Press Club, […]

The third murder of a journalist in the last eight months in India’s eastern Bihar state yesterday illustrates the danger of allowing such crimes to continue to be met with impunity, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today as it urged authorities to fully investigate the case. Unidentified men gunned down Braj Kumar Singh, a […]