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Congress to show footage of new film on Balibo killings

Balibo, a powerful film that relates the events surrounding the slaying of five journalists by Indonesian soldiers in East Timor in 1975, will be showcased at the upcoming IPI World Congress in Helsinki. The political thriller is told through the eyes of Roger East (played by Emmy Award-winning actor Anthony LaPaglia), an Australian who went […]

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North Korea should take the lead from Iran and free American journalists

North Korea’s leader should take the lead from Iran, which released an Iranian-American reporter this week, and immediately drop their case against two American journalists who are set to go to trial on 4 June for allegedly entering the country illegally, the International Press Institute said today. North Korea’s state-run news agency reported that two […]

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EU must insist on justice for murdered journalists in talks with Sri Lanka

As Sri Lanka appears to be nearing the end of a vicious civil war with Tamil rebels, the International Press Institute is appealing to the international community to pressure the government for increased transparency in the embattled region, and justice for journalists killed during years of conflict. Journalists have not been allowed free access to […]

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A newspaper ‘to serve society, not the state’: Russia’s Novaya Gazeta wins IPI Pioneer Award

Novaya Gazeta, the crusading Moscow newspaper that has paid a deadly price for its reporting during a period when the Kremlin has sought to rein in independent media, has been named winner of the International Press Institute’s 2009 Free Media Pioneer Award. The award, announced to coincide with World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, […]

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