The Afghan government needs to tighten security measures and provide full support to media outlets after the Taliban threatened two major television networks in the country with “elimination”, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Amid a worsening situation for media since the fall of the embattled northern city of Kunduz in recent weeks, the […]

Zambian authorities must thoroughly investigate a recent incident in which a bullet was fired into the Lusaka newsroom of leading Zambian newspaper The Post, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. The Post Executive Secretary Ernest Chanda told IPI that a bullet travelled through the roof of the newsroom and into the floor at approximately […]

Turkey’s worrying press freedom atmosphere took a disturbing turn for the worse this morning as a series of increasingly troubling incidents targeting journalists and media in the last 30 days culminated in the brutal beating of a newspaper columnist outside his home. Hürriyet newspaper columnist Ahmet Hakan and his bodyguard were attacked shortly after midnight […]

Journalism in Turkey is “agonizing under unbearable pressure”, leading Turkish journalist and Chair of the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Turkish National Committee Kadri Gürsel said on Monday in an address to participants gathered in Warsaw for Europe’s largest annual human rights conference. Gürsel made the remarks during a session chaired by OSCE Representative on Freedom […]