Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Safety guidelines for covering nuclear incidents released

Journalists who cover news related to nuclear issues are frequently among the first people on the scene when a radiation incident occurs, but their safety is often overlooked, leaving them vulnerable to radiation exposure and other potential harm. To combat that risk, the non-profit group Atomic Reporters, in partnership with the Stanley Foundation, has released […]

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IPI condemns arson attack on Ukraine broadcaster

Ukrainian authorities must conduct a swift, full and transparent investigation into Sunday’s arson attack on nationwide broadcaster Inter TV, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Demonstrators reportedly hurled incendiary devices into Inter’s news offices in Kiev on Sunday afternoon, damaging the building and leading several people inside to be treated for smoke inhalation and […]

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Journalist death shows Somali media are still under attack

It is never an easy time to be a journalist in Somalia. But the failure of the Somali government to improve security, including for the media, and increasingly authoritarian moves against the press in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland are not helping, as the recent deaths of two Mogadishu-based journalists show. In Puntland, a ban […]

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Sixth Somali journalist killed in 2013

The International Press Institute (IPI) condemns the murder of Somali television journalist Liban Abdullahi Farah—the sixth journalist to be killed in the east African country this year—and urges Somali authorities to take the prompt and necessary steps to bring the crime’s perpetrators to justice. According to IPI sources, Farah was shot four to six times […]

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