Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Asesinado un periodista en Colombia tras haber recibido varias amenazas

Read this article in English El Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés) está consternado por la muerte del periodista colombiano Luis Peralta Cuéllar y pide a las autoridades que esclarezcan cuanto antes los hechos que rodearon su muerte. El suceso tuvo lugar el sábado, 14 de febrero de 2014, cuando […]

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Brazil journalist who reported threats murdered

A Brazilian journalist who reportedly had complained to police about threats was shot dead Sunday evening outside his home just west of the country’s capital Brasilia. João Miranda do Carmo was killed when four gunmen who had called him to the gate outside his home in Santo Antônio do Descoberto, in Brazil’s central Goiás state, […]

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Brazilian radio host killed during live broadcast

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the on-air killing of a Brazilian radio host and called for Brazilian authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice. Gleydson Carvalho was shot five times by two gunmen while he presented a live show on August 6 in the northeastern city of Camocim, news reports said. Carvalho was […]

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A year later, killers of Ukraine journalist Vadym Komarov still evading justice

One year ago today, Ukrainian local investigative journalist Vadym Komarov died in hospital of serious wounds he suffered from three devastating blows to the head with a heavy object. The brutal assault took place on the morning of May 4, 2019, when Komarov, 57, was attacked by an unidentified individual in his hometown Cherkasy in […]

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