Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated every year on May 3, the International Press Institute (IPI) announced the winners of its 2013 World Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer Awards. Two journalists – American reporter Marie Colvin and Japanese photojournalist Mika Yamamoto – are the posthumous recipients of IPI’s 2013 World Press Freedom […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed concern about the recent physical attack on Gezim Bimbashi, a journalist for Kosovo public broadcaster RTK. Bimbashi was brutally beaten on Monday at around 12:50 pm on “Sumadija” Square in Kosovo’s northern town of Mitrovica. He was attacked […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the attempted assassination of journalist Mansour Nour in Yemen and urged authorities to take adequate steps in combating the persisting violence reporters face in the country. A few days after the attempted bombing of the headquarters of Yemen Shabab TV and Al Masdar newspaper, the Freedom Foundation for […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged authorities in Somalia to conduct a swift and comprehensive investigation into the killing of journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Rageh. AFP reported that unidentified assailants fired lethal shots at Rageh as he returned home after work on Sunday, April 21 in Mogadishu. Rageh, a journalist with Somali National Television and […]