Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

IPI condemns Venezuelan journalist’s murder

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the murder of Venezuelan journalist and opposition political activist Wilfred Iván Ojeda Peralta, whose handcuffed body was found dumped in a vacant lot with a bullet wound to the head. Ojeda, 56, was a columnist for El Clarín newspaper in the town of La Victoria and an activist […]

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After third journalist killed in two weeks, IPI calls on Honduran President to take immediate action

The International Press Institute (IPI) today wrote an open letter to Honduran President Porfirio ‘Pepe’ Lobo Sosa, calling on him to ensure that the murders of journalists in the Central American country are promptly investigated and that the perpetrators are brought to justice before a climate of impunity takes firm root in the country. IPI […]

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Amenazado medio digital de El Salvador

Read in English A un mes de que el periódico digital Salvadoreño El Faro publicara un reportaje que desató revuelo en el país e intensificó amenazas contra sus periodistas, el Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés), pidió hoy al gobierno de El Salvador que tome medidas eficaces para proteger la […]

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Brazilian journalist murdered, daughter of Honduran TV commentator killed in tragic week for press in Latin America

Brazilian radio director and producer Jose Givonaldo Vieira was killed by unidentified gunmen on 14 December in Bezerros, in northeastern Pernambuco state, according to reports. Vieira owned the newspaper Folha do Agreste and hosted a cultural program on Rádio Bezerros FM, a station operated by the paper, media reports said. Three men intercepted Vieira’s car […]

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