The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Colombian authorities to remain vigilant in helping ensure the safety of the country’s journalists following the revelation Monday of a plan to assassinate a respected reporter together with two civil society researchers. Officials at Colombia’s national journalist-protection unit announced they had raised security for freelance reporter Gonzálo Guillén […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the attack on a journalist in Benghazi and called upon the authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice and to provide better security for reporters. According to the Libya Herald, on May 4 a group of armed men attacked Mabruka Almesmari, a female freelance photojournalist, during a peaceful […]

The International Press Institute and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) today welcomed the passage of seminal legislation in Mexico designed to combat the almost complete impunity in cases of crimes committed against the country’s journalists. The changes to the Federal Code on Penal Procedure, among other statutes – all of which […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned an attack on Mufail Limani, editor-in-chief of the Kosovo public broadcaster Radio Television Kosovo (RTK). In the early morning hours yesterday, the entrance door of Limani’s private house was set on fire with a gas tank that exploded. […]