Two years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, the news media in Libya enjoy greater freedom but the country remains a dangerous place for journalists, with numerous attacks reported in recent weeks and few signs that police and prosecutors are investigating the incidents. Journalists interviewed by the International Press Institute (IPI) report widening insecurity since […]

Egyptian security forces and the Muslim Brotherhood opposition have targeted foreign journalists with harassment and detention since the military-backed government moved to crush protests, media workers have told the International Press Institute. One Egyptian journalist described a “vigilante” environment in the country where loyalists on both sides of the political divide were targeting news workers, […]

Underscoring the challenges facing journalists in Egypt, International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie today called on U.S. leaders to pressure the Egyptian government to live up to its international commitments to press freedom. Egypt must release all detained reporters and editors, and lift its ban on broadcasts of national and international media, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Haitian authorities to conduct a swift and comprehensive investigation into the killing of Georges Henry Honorat on Saturday, Mar. 23. According to reports, Honorat, was editor-in-chief for the weekly newspaper Haïti Progrès, as well as an aide to Haiti’s prime minister, Laurent Lamothe, and secretary general of the […]