The International Press Institute (IPI) today denounced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s statements regarding the circumstances surrounding the 2012 death of IPI World Press Freedom Hero Marie Colvin in Syria, calling the comments irresponsible and ignorant of Syria’s international obligations. On July 13, Assad spoke with NBC News extensively on a variety of topics, including Colvin’s […]

Freelance journalists Walid Balidi and Nasim Itriri were killed in Syria near the Turkish border in Idlib province, El Mundo and the opposition Local Coordinating Committees reported on Monday. A third journalist was reportedly wounded in the attack and is now believed to be recovering in a Turkish hospital, according to activists. An opposition activist […]

The recent deaths of three journalists in Lebanon, Somalia, and Indonesia bring the number of journalists killed so far in 2012 to 35 – keeping this year on track to be the deadliest for the media since International Press Institute (IPI) record-keeping began in 1997. At this same point last year, 23 journalists had been […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the continued attacks against citizen reporters in Syria by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. On May 27, three citizen reporters of the Shaam News Network were killed by security forces in the Al-Khalidiya neighborhood in Homs, according to Massoud Akko of the Syrian Centre for Media and […]