The International Press Institute (IPI) has called on authorities in the Russian republic of Ingushetia to hold accountable those responsible for yesterday’s attack on six Russian and foreign journalists investigating human rights abuses in the north Caucasus region. According to reports, around 20 masked men wielding knives and clubs ambushed the journalists in their minibus […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined with leading free expression and press freedom defenders in calling on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to take greater action to support efforts to improve journalists’ safety. Following up on a meeting with Kerry in 2015, the groups in a joint letter sent yesterday urged him to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned an armed attack on the Istanbul offices of two pro-government newspapers in Turkey this morning by masked attackers firing long-barrelled guns and throwing Molotov cocktails. No casualties were reported in the attacks targeting dailiesYeni Şafak and Yeni Akit. Both offices, however, suffered some damage. Local reports indicated that […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the murder of Mexican crime journalist Anabel Flores Salazar, whose body was found dumped alongside a highway yesterday morning the day after heavily armed gunmen abducted her from her home in Veracruz. Mexican authorities confirmed that the body of a woman found naked and bound with a plastic […]