The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned a series of attacks and other provocations in recent days in Russia apparently intended to disrupt a seminar on investigative journalism. Early this morning in the city of Yoshkar-Ola, approximately 800 kilometres east of Moscow, unknown individuals broke the ground story window of a private, two-story guest house […]

Ethiopian journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega, who has been imprisoned since 2011 after criticising his country’s abuse of anti-terror laws to silence the press, has been named the International Press Institute (IPI)’s 69th World Press Freedom Hero. IPI also announced today the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee as the recipient of the 2017 Free Media Pioneer […]

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, […]

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 […]