The International Press Institute (IPI) today named as its 67th World Press Freedom Hero prominent Syrian lawyer and human rights defender Mazen Darwish, who has advocated for media freedom in his country for more than 10 years, and for the last three from behind bars. IPI also announced Mexican journalists’ network Periodistas de a Pie […]

Lea este comunicado en español The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Colombian authorities to immediately open an investigation into the murder of radio journalist Luis Peralta Cuéllar. Peralta was shot various times while leaving the offices of his radio station, Linda Stereo 95.1, on Saturday, Feb. 14, in the department of Caquetá. According to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for Honduran authorities to fully investigate the death of TV journalist Carlos Fernández, who was fatally shot on Thursday in front of his home on the Caribbean island of Roátan. Carlos Gutiérrez, a colleague of Fernández who was with him on the night of the attack, told Univision that the journalist was […]

IPI today expressed solidarity with four Dominican Republic journalists recently threatened with death at a public event and it called on authorities to investigate the case and prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.