Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Amenazados de muerte cuatro periodistas dominicanos en un acto público

El Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés) quiere expresar su solidaridad con los cuatro periodistas de la República Dominicana amenazados de muerte y pide a la justicia del país que actúe para que este tipo de episodios no se vuelvan a repetir e invita al Gobierno a que investigue el caso.

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IPI decries surge in violence against journalists in Yemen

A Yemeni NGO’s report that it documented 25 attacks on journalists in Sana’a over the space of two days early this week – including beatings, kidnappings and detentions – is cause for deep concern, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. The Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development said that the attacks on […]

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Kidnapped Mexican journalist’s body found in Veracruz

The International Press Institute (IPI) was saddened to learn that the body of Mexican journalist Moises Sanchez, who was kidnapped earlier this month, was found on Saturday near the edge of Medellin de Bravo in Veracruz. Sanchez disappeared on Jan. 2, when nine armed men in civilian clothing removed him from his home. He published […]

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Rights advocates welcome promised changes in Sri Lanka

Press freedom advocates this week cautiously greeted promises that press freedom in Sri Lanka will improve after former health minister and opposition coalition candidate Maithripala Sirisena unexpectedly unseated President Mahinda Rajapaksa in an election last Thursday, but some observers remained wary. Sirisena’s victory marks the first time an incumbent has been beaten out by an […]

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