Recent attacks against journalists in Zimbabwe could make it difficult for citizens there to receive relevant and timely information ahead of the country’s July 31 parliamentary and presidential elections, according to International Press Institute Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie. On June 14, three masked assailants reportedly abducted Zimbabwean freelance journalist Paul Pindani from his home […]

The International Press Institute’s (IPI) Nepal National Committee today expressed deep concern over a reported press-freedom violation that occurred in Kathmandu on June 17, 2013. According to reports, Nepal Television reporter Subhadra Gautam, cameraperson Shiva Pangeni, and driver Lalit Bahadur Khatri were attacked by a group of people while reporting on the government raid of […]

The murder on Monday of a newspaper editor in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro may have been an attempt to silence the paper’s “combative” reporting, Brazilian police investigators said yesterday, according to media reports. José Roberto Ornelas de Lemos was shot 44 times while drinking at a local bar in Nova Iguaçu, the second-largest […]

The Freedom for Journalists Platform, an Turkish umbrella group that includes the International Press Institute’s (IPI) Turkish National Committee, released a statement today demanding an end to alleged police brutality against journalists covering the ongoing protests in Istanbul. The statement details recent reported incidents involving both local and foreign journalists, and strongly criticised Prime Minister […]