The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned the apparent attempted assassination of a newspaper editor in Lesotho on July 9 that left the victim critically injured. According to reports, Zimbabwean national Lloyd Mutungamiri, editor of the Lesotho Times, was driving close to his home late at night when he was shot by at least […]

The International Press Institute (IPI)’s Executive Board today blasted an ongoing campaign of harassment targeting daily newspaper The Post in Zambia, saying that if efforts to silence independent media persist, upcoming general elections would be rendered “little more than a sham; an exercise inconsistent with democracy”. Citing a number of recent events targeting The Post […]

A delegation of six press freedom organisations concluded a three-day mission to Croatia by calling on the country’s political leaders to guarantee the independence of the public broadcaster HRT as well as of the national electronic media regulator. Members of the delegation said the next Croatian government should act swiftly to reform the current law […]

At least 83* journalists around the world died as a direct result of their job in 2016, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today, a significant decline in comparison to record-breaking counts over the past five years. Nearly half of journalist deaths – 36 – occurred while covering armed conflict, mostly in Iraq, Syria and Yemen. […]