Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Killing of Iraqi journalist must be investigated

The International Press Institute condemned the reported murder of journalist Samar Sheikh Ali in Iraq. The body of Ali, 61, was found by security forces in Baghdad on Saturday, November 17, Reporters Without Borders and the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory reported. He worked for Al-Jamahir Al-Baghdadiya website, JFO said. Al Shorfa website, which reported the incident, […]

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Bahraini cameraman shot dead

22 year old cameraman, Ahmed Ismael Al-Samadi was shot last night while covering a protest in Salmabad, according to reports. He was reportedly taken to International Hospital by his family and was later pronounced dead. According to the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), a protest in Salmabad began peacefully and then was allegedly suppressed […]

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On World Press Freedom Day, bodies of three journalists found in Mexico

The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned the murders of three Mexican photojournalists and a newspaper employee, whose dismembered bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags and dumped in a canal in the state of Veracruz yesterday. The gruesome discovery in the port town of Boca del Río came as IPI marked World Press […]

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Another journalist killed in Mexico’s dtate of Veracruz

Mexican crime reporter Victor Manuel Báez Chino was killed on Thursday morning in Xalapa, the capital of the State of Veracruz. He had been kidnapped on Wednesday evening after he left his office. Báez Chino covered the police beat for the local edition of the newspaper Milenio in Xalapa. He was also the editor of […]

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