The number of deaths of journalists in an already-record-breaking year continued to inch higher over the last week, as one journalist was killed by reported rebels in Syria and another shot dead by police amid anti-rape protests in India. The International Press Institute (IPI)’s Death Watch stood at 132 following Sunday’s death of Indian journalist […]

The third murder of a journalist in the last eight months in India’s eastern Bihar state yesterday illustrates the danger of allowing such crimes to continue to be met with impunity, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today as it urged authorities to fully investigate the case. Unidentified men gunned down Braj Kumar Singh, a […]

The International Press Institute condemned the Israeli Defense Forces’ apparent total disregard for international standards on the protection of journalists and the treatment of journalists in a conflict zone, following the military’s targeted assassination of three journalists in Gaza. Two journalists from Al Aqsa TV were killed yesterday while driving in their company car, while […]

An Iraqi television news presenter was killed on Monday, July 30, when gunmen broke into his home in northern Iraq, wounding members of his family, reports said. Ghazwan Anas, 27, was shot when gunmen burst into his home as he and his family were breaking their fast for the day, Bashar Mandalawy of the Journalistic […]