The International Press Institute (IPI) will join with world media leaders on Friday in Paris for a UNESCO-organised discussion on how better to increase the safety of journalists and end impunity for crimes against them. The international conference, titled “News organizations standing up for the safety of media”, will bring together top decision-makers of news […]

Just over one year ago, Sri Lankans chose Maithripala Sirisena to be their next president, in a surprise rejection of incumbent leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, the man who had brought the country’s long-running civil war to a close. It was a historic result that triggered a wave of optimism among free expression defenders – a sentiment […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) was pleased to learn that members of a reporting crew sent by Al Jazeera Arabic to cover the armed conflict in Yemen who were kidnapped 10 days ago have been freed. The broadcaster yesterday reported the release of journalist Hamdi al-Bokari and cameraman Abdulaziz al-Sabri, who with driver Moneer al-Sabai […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) joined media organisations around the world today in condemning the Taliban over a suicide car bomb attack in Afghanistan that took the lives of seven television station personnel. News reports indicate that the group claimed responsibility for yesterday’s bombing targeting personnel in a minibus privately owned by the Kaboora production […]