Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Turkish journalists threatened in social media

Turkish authorities risk inciting violence against journalists unless they stop verbally attacking those covering last week’s deadly mining disaster in the western town of Soma and call on their supporters to do the same, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Hasnain Kazim, an Istanbul-based correspondent for Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) […]

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IPI urges release of journalists in Ukraine

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on all parties in Ukraine to release detained journalists and to take steps to ensure journalists’ safety in advance of presidential elections scheduled for May 25. “The degree to which pro-Russian separatists have detained and attacked journalists in Ukraine has been shocking, but the pattern of detentions by […]

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Periodistas denuncian ataques contra la prensa en Perú

Read this article in English La tensión ha crecido en las últimas semanas en Perú dado los recientes reportes de amenazadas, reclamos de persecución y ataques físicos contra periodistas. Fiel reflejo de dicha tensión es el reciente atentado contra Yofre López Sifuentes, director y periodista de la publicación en línea “Barranca.pe”. En lo que va […]

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Journalists in Peru highlight recent attacks on press

Lea esta historia en español Tensions have been rising over the last few weeks in Peru with reports of threats, harassment claims and physical attacks against journalists, culminating in the recent bombing of the home of news site director Yofre López Sifuentes. (Version In the first four months of 2014, the National Association of Journalists of […]

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