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Three decades on, families of journalists still waiting for justice to be served

Justice; that is the one thing the families of the slain British journalists, who make up two of the ‘Balibo Five’, want. Thirty-four years ago, as the Indonesian army amassed on the border of East Timor, British reporter Malcolm Rennie and cameraman Brian Peters, along with Australian TV reporter Greg Shackleton, soundman Tony Stewart, and […]

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IPI Congress honours Russia’s Novaya Gazeta

The International Press Institute today presented its annual Free Media Pioneer Award to Novaya Gazeta, a Russian newspaper that has withstood mounting government efforts to control the media and has paid dearly for its intrepid reporting over the last decade. The award was presented to Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov as IPI opened its World Congress and 58th General Assembly, an […]

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IPI Congress set to open in Helsinki

More than 250 editors, media executives and leading journalists will gather in Helsinki from 6 to 9 June for the International Press Institute’s World Congress and 58th General Assembly. An annual event, the IPI Congress features discussions on global issues that shape press freedom and the media. This year, participants will discuss press freedom in […]

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IPI urges Slovak agency to drop case against newspaper

A Slovak government agency should immediately drop a civil complaint against the daily SME that was filed when the newspaper refused to print a response to a column under a controversial right-of-reply law, the International Press Institute said today. The complaint, filed by the Inspectorate for the Environment, is the first time a civil case has been […]

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