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 […]

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 […]

The European Commission’s support for projects addressing violations of media freedom and pluralism, and providing practical support to journalists, gives European Union countries reason to celebrate this year on May 3, World Press Freedom Day, media freedom watchdogs said today. However, new research into defamation law and practice – one of four, one-year projects launched […]

The recent attack and gang-rape of an Indian journalist who was on assignment in the northern state of Uttar Pardesh underscores the dangers faced by female reporters, an editor of The Hindu told IPI in an interview. The 30-year-old employee of a Haridwar-based Hindu newspaper was reportedly seized on March 27 by three men driving […]