At least one media worker was killed, and many more injured on Friday in Pakistan, during a national day of protests against “Innocence of Muslims“, a film ridiculing the Prophet Mohammed. IPI strongly condemns the violence directed at the media during several days of demonstrations against the film, which culminated on the “Love of Mohammed“ […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemned the attack against a television station in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday and today’s deadly attack against a privately-owned television station in Drusha, Syria, which left at least three journalists dead. “Journalists are civilians, and news outlets are independent observers. They should never be seen as  legitimate targets in […]

The bullet-riddled body of Pakistani journalist Tariq Kamal, a Karachi-based reporter for a local Sindhi newspaper, was found on May 9 in the Pak Colony neighborhood of Karachi. The journalist had been reportedly kidnapped on May 6. The journalist’s body, which showed signs of severe torture, was found together with the body of his friend, […]

These three stories highlight the plight of many journalists around the world on May 3, 2012, World Press Freedom Day. The Story of Marcela Turati ‘The Majority of Mexican Journalists Have Become War Correspondents in their Own Country’ “My city finds itself in a state of panic. There is shooting everywhere. People see bodies in […]