Read this statement in English. El Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés) insta a las autoridades de República Dominicana a lanzar una investigación exhaustiva sobre el asesinato de dos periodistas por parte de varios agresores aún sin identificar que abrieron fuego en las oficinas de la cadena de radio el […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for greater action to protect journalists’ safety in Pakistan after a TV news employee was killed in Karachi after militants opened fire on a news van in which he was traveling. Local media reported that motorcycle-borne assailants attacked the Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) van while it was […]

Authorities in Peru must fully investigate a violent attack in which assailants reportedly tried to cut out a journalist’s tongue, leaving him hospitalised in critical condition, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Lima-based media NGO the Institute for Press and Society (IPYS) reported that unidentified assailants attacked Marco Bonifacio Sánchez, host of the program […]

The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) welcomed Austria’s assumption of the 2017 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) last week, calling on the country to use the opportunity to strengthen cooperation to protect and promote media freedom among OSCE participating states. Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs […]