Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Gunmen murder Somali radio journalist

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the murder of a journalist in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu who was shot down as she left the local university where she was studying, and it called on local and national authorities to bring the killers to justice. Three unidentified gunmen targeted Sagal Salad Osman, a producer of state-run […]

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Venezuelan journalists attacked covering food riots

The International Press Institute (IPI) today blasted a series of attacks on journalists covering protests in Venezuela’s capital city Caracas and joined calls for a full investigation to hold the assailants accountable. More than a dozen journalists were threatened, beaten and robbed as they covered spontaneous protests against increased food shortages in the country that […]

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IPI joins call on Russian, Ukrainian journalists to continue dialogue

The International Press Institute (IPI) yesterday joined OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović and representatives of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in urging Russian and Ukrainian journalists unions to continue an ongoing dialogue aimed improving journalists’ safety and resolving points of conflict. IPI Executive Director Barbara […]

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IPI urges justice for journalist murdered in Philippines

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on authorities in the Philippines to fully investigate the recent murder of a journalist and to take steps to curb a widespread culture of impunity in the country. Crime reporter Alex Balcoba was shot in the head by an unidentified man outside of his family’s business in the […]

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