Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Tally of journalists killed in Mexico continues to rise

The killing of a Honduran journalist in Mexico – the ninth journalist slain there so far this year – again highlights an ongoing failure by authorities in that country to do enough to end violent attacks on journalists, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Video journalist Edwin Rivera Paz, a former cameraman for Honduran […]

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Radio workers killed live on air in Dominican Republic

Lea este artículo en español Dominican Republic investigators need to conduct a full investigation into the murder of two media workers killed yesterday when unidentified gunmen entered the radio station where they worked and opened fire, the International Press Institute (IPI) said. Presenter Luis Manuel Medina with radio station FM 103.5 in San Pedro de […]

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Locutores de radio abatidos a tiros “en directo” en República Dominicana

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 […]

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Crewmember killed in Pakistan news van attack

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 […]

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