Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

El IPI condena el asesinato del reportero Abelardo Liz en Colombia

Read this in English. El Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés), una red global de directores y periodistas de los principales medios de información en defensa de la libertad de prensa, condena el reciente asesinato del periodista Abelardo Liz en Colombia, quien recibió un disparo mientras cubría una confrontación entre las fuerzas […]

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Ukrainian investigative program targeted by arson attack, surveillance

Authorities in Ukraine must conduct a thorough and transparent investigation to ensure those responsible for the arson attack on a car belonging to a leading investigative journalism program are swiftly brought to justice, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. At around 12.30am on August 17, unknown assailants set fire to a car in the […]

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Groups call on Belarus to protect journalist safety

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined 15 other international press freedom and free expression organizations calling on Belarus to stop all attacks on journalists and live up to its obligations to protect media freedom amid press coverage of the ongoing protests. Read the full statement below. ____ 14 August 2020 We call on Belarusian […]

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Belarus must stop attacks on press covering protests

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today called on authorities in Belarus to stop all attacks on journalists covering protests across the country following a disputed presidential election on August 9. Protesters took to the streets in nine cities across the country after […]

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