At least 27 different violations against journalists covering demonstrations have been recorded by press freedom and human rights groups in Venezuela, as marches continued across the country today. The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern about the recent physical attacks on journalists and the confiscation of their equipment. “IPI condemns any violence against members […]

Journalism in Egypt has always been dubbed “the business of looking for trouble”. Lately, the trouble factor has exponentially increased with a consistent crackdown on journalists, with the blessing of the current cabinet headed by Dr. Hazem El-Beblawi. Egypt has almost always presented reporters with a hostile environment, with state authorities targeting them since the […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is alarmed by today’s arson attack against a vehicle owned by the Montenegrin daily Vijesti. At 2:30 a.m., a car marked with the name of the daily was set ablaze on a street in the Podgorica, the latest of several attacks […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for a full and independent investigation into the death of Mexican journalist Gregorio Jiménez de la Cruz, whose body was found Tuesday in an unmarked grave near Las Choapas, Veracruz state. Jiménez, a crime reporter for the newspapers NotiSUR and Liberal del Sur, had been abducted by armed assailants […]