The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on all parties in Ukraine to release detained journalists and to take steps to ensure journalists’ safety in advance of presidential elections scheduled for May 25. “The degree to which pro-Russian separatists have detained and attacked journalists in Ukraine has been shocking, but the pattern of detentions by […]

Nepalnews, which helped set the pace for online news in Nepal, is this year’s recipient of the Courageous Journalism Award given by the International Press Institute’s Nepal Chapter and Freedom Forum. The English-language news portal was honoured on May 2, ahead of World Press Freedom Day, in recognition of its early role in developing the […]

Journalists in Arab countries are facing mounting challenges – kidnappings, assassinations and imprisonment amongst them – Nidal Mansour said the other day in opening the third Arab Forum for Media Freedom Defenders, or MFD. Mansour heads the Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists, an Amman group that documents efforts to subvert the news media. One […]

Read this article in English La tensión ha crecido en las últimas semanas en Perú dado los recientes reportes de amenazadas, reclamos de persecución y ataques físicos contra periodistas. Fiel reflejo de dicha tensión es el reciente atentado contra Yofre López Sifuentes, director y periodista de la publicación en línea “Barranca.pe”. En lo que va […]