The images, strong enough to pierce the soul, streamed across our television and computer screens last summer: Masked Islamic State terrorists, hunting knife in hand, hacked off the heads of one innocent journalist after another. Equally disturbing was news that the Iranian government had imprisoned Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, apparently without cause. He remains […]

Myanmar journalist Soe Yarzar Tun stood up from the crowd wearing a mask and holding a placard reading “Stop beating, arresting, imprisoning journalists”, interrupting Myanmar Information Minister Ye Htut as he spoke. It was March 27 – just one month ago – and the information minister was speaking at the first day of the International […]

Today officially marks the end of an ambitious 100-day reform period announced by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena shortly after snatching a surprise victory over former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa in the country’s Jan. 8 presidential vote. Rajapaksa was once hailed both at home and abroad for bringing Sri Lanka’s long-running civil war to a close […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called upon Ukrainian authorities to immediately investigate the murders of journalists Oles Buzina and Sergey Sukhobok. According to news reports, Buzina was killed by two masked men at 1:20 p.m. on April 16, while jogging near his home in Kiev. Aged 45, he was an author and TV presenter […]