Leer en español The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned threats made by police officials against a journalist with the Spanish news site Público after the site revealed alleged corruption implicating members of law enforcement and it called on authorities to launch a comprehensive investigation. Público this week published recordings of telephone conversations in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed renewed alarm over the state of media freedom in Mexico following the attempted murder* of a radio journalist in Guerrero state and a violent attack on another journalist in Quintana Roo within a period of two days. On Saturday morning, radio host Marcela de Jesús Natalia was shot […]

Authorities in Peru should investigate all theories into the deaths of two journalists in apparently separate incidents whose remains were found just days apart in recent weeks, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. On Feb. 27, the dismembered body of 55-year-old journalist José Feliciano Yactayo Rodríguez was found in a rural area outside Lima […]

Over the last year more than 200 serious violations of media freedom were recorded in Europe as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to have a serious impact on independent journalism, according to the annual report of the Council of Europe Platform to promote the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists published yesterday. The number […]