The International Press Institute (IPI) calls for an immediate, transparent investigation into the 1 November brutal beating of Kyrgyz journalist Kubanychbek Joldoshev in Kyrgyzstan’s southern Osh region. Joldoshev, a correspondent for local newspaper Osh Shamy (“The Torch of Osh”), told Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) he was attacked after a taxi he was […]

The body of yet another slain Mexican journalist was found on Monday, less than a day after he had been kidnapped by a group of armed men, the Centre for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET), a local media organisation in Mexico, reported. The body of José Bladimir Antuna García was found behind a local hospital, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is disappointed at the apparent absence of deteriorating Moroccan press freedom from the agenda of a two-day visit to Morocco by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Speaking at an international, G8-backed forum in Marrakesh, Clinton unveiled economic development programmes and addressed the Middle East peace process. “She did not […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes news of the release of Niger journalist Abdoulaye Tiemogo, editor of the weekly Le Canard Dechainé, after two months in prison. As reported by IPI in September, Tiemogo was sentenced to three months in prison for “casting discredit on a judicial ruling” following a comment he made on a […]