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Body of Honduran television journalist found

According to local and international reports, police in Honduras have found the remains of the popular television journalist Anibal Barrow, who was kidnapped last month outside of San Pedro Sula. Honduran police chief Juan Bonilla said that officers found clothing that Barrow was seen wearing on the day of his kidnapping. They also found a […]

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IPI award winner denied entry into Malaysia

The International Press Institute (IPI) condemns the Malaysian government’s recent refusal to admit IPI’s 2013 Free Media Pioneer award winner, Clare Rewcastle Brown, into the country, and calls on authorities there to reverse this decision immediately. On July 3, Rewcastle Brown was travelling to the Sarawak state’s administrative capital of Kuching on the island of […]

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More journalists injured, detained amid protests in Istanbul

At least 13 journalists suffered injuries and two were detained on Saturday in Istanbul as police again used tear gas and water cannons to clear demonstrators from Taksim Square. News reports from Turkey indicated that the journalists were allegedly beaten by police officers or wounded by rubber bullets, tear gas canisters and pepper spray. The […]

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IPI deeply concerned over dangerous conditions for journalists covering protests in Egypt

The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of a journalists in Egypt last week and expresses its concern for the safety of journalists covering the anti-government demonstrations there. IPI urges authorities to protect the rights of the media to peacefully cover the protests. According to international reports, a journalist was killed and seven […]

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