Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Honduran television journalist assaulted with baseball bat, threatened with shooting

The International Press Institute (IPI) urges authorities in Honduras to thoroughly investigate a brutal attack on a television journalist and bring those responsible to justice. According to local reports, Joel Coca, 34, correspondent for Canal 11 and coordinator for the “Más Noticias” (More News) television program on the MultiCable television station, was attacked by two […]

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IPI, SEEMO speak to journalists gathered in Istanbul

International Press Institute (IPI) Senior Press Freedom Adviser Steven M. Ellis and South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) Secretary General Oliver Vujovic travelled to Istanbul this week to speak before the second Congress of the Freedom for Journalists Platform (Gazetecilere Özgürlük Platformu – GÖP), an umbrella group representing press freedom and free expression groups across […]

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At least six foreign reporters being held captive by pro-Assad forces and rebel forces

Syrian forces should immediately release foreign journalists currently being held captive in the country and ensure that all journalists are free to report on the civil war without the threat of abduction, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Dozens of journalists have reportedly been abducted and 11 killed in Syria so far this year […]

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Group launches campaign in response to deteriorating press freedom in Gambia

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) today marked the 19th anniversary of Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s rise to power with the launch of a campaign to highlight the continued deterioration of press freedom in the country. The MFWA’s “Gambia Day of Action” calls on Internet users worldwide to protest a “new draconian Internet law” […]

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