The International Press Institute (IPI) called on Mexican federal authorities to ensure the safe return of a Mexican journalist kidnapped Wednesday morning. Gregorio Jiménez de la Cruz, a crime reporter for the newspapers NotiSUR and Liberal del Sur was seized by a group of armed assailants after dropping his children off at school in Coatzacoalcos, […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today said it was concerned about reports that a police officer in Bosnia and Herzegovina struck a journalist in the head with a baton. A local police officer in Tuzla allegedly struck Branislav Pavicic of RTV Slon yesterday near the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today announced that Iranian journalist Mashallah Shamsolvaezin has been named the IPI World Press Freedom Hero. Shamsolvaezin is the former editor, and in some cases founder, of four reformist dailies, Kayhan, Jame’eh (later Tous), Neshat, and Asr-e Azadegan, which were all successively shut down by Iran’s authorities. He was jailed numerous […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today welcomed news that Ukraine’s parliament voted to repeal sweeping anti-protest legislation that had touched off violent clashes between protestors and police. A large majority of lawmakers voted yesterday to scrap provisions of the law, which among other troubling provisions […]