Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Impunity continues to threaten journalism in Mexico

Lea este artículo en Español. Monday’s murder of journalist Luciano Rivera Salgado in Rosarito, Mexico on the two-year anniversary of the shocking killing of photojournalist Rubén Espinosa and four activists in Mexico City highlights, again, the bitter harvest of the country’s ongoing culture of impunity for crimes against journalists. Local news media reported that Rivera, […]

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Journalist sentenced to death in Yemen for ‘spying’

Houthi rebels in Yemen should immediately release a veteran journalist sentenced to death for allegedly spying for Saudi Arabia, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. A court in rebel-held Sana’a sentenced journalist Yahya Al Jubaihi, who has been detained since Sept. 6, on charges of collaborating and spying for an “enemy state”. In what […]

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Q&A: Situation für russische JournalistInnen „unerträglich“

Unabhängige Stimmen sind im Vorfeld der Präsidentschaftswahl vermehrt Drohungen und Angriffen ausgesetzt

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Alarm after five attacks on Mexico journalists in March

The International Press Institute (IPI) today said it was alarmed for the safety of journalists in Mexico following a bloody month that saw three journalists killed and two more fired upon. On Wednesday morning, gunmen shot at Armando Arrieta Granados, the editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper La Opinión, multiple times from close range near his […]

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