As violent attacks on journalists surge to an unprecedented level with at least 55 confirmed dead in connection with their job so far this year according to the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Death Watch, 2015 may end up as one of the deadliest years for journalists since the beginning of the new millennium, participants at an […]

Egypt should repeal new anti-terrorism legislation punishing journalists whose coverage of militant attacks does not toe the government line, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today as it released a broad list of recommendations intended to reverse the continuing deterioration of press freedom in the country. The recommendations, aimed both at Egypt’s government and at […]

A group of leading press freedom, media development and human rights organisations has called on the government of Burundi to investigate all attacks against journalists and human rights defenders working in the country. The full statement follows below. The undersigned press freedom, media development and human rights organizations denounce the continued attacks on and threats […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the killing of a Mexican photojournalist who appeared to have been tortured before being shot in the head in Mexico City. Ruben Espinosa, a photojournalist from the Gulf Coast state Veracruz, was found late on Friday with severe injuries to his face. The journalist fled Xalapa, capital of […]