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 […]

Following April’s presidential election, the International Press Institute (IPI) has continued to monitor events in Venezuela. Numerous recent incidents suggest press freedom remains under threat since President Nicolás Maduro officially took office. In recent weeks, there have been reports of a number of physical attacks against the media. On May 27, an explosive devise was […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), condemned the Turkish government’s violent response to the ongoing protests throughout the country, in which at least five journalists have been injured, and urged authorities to allow local media to cover the events without restrictions. Two people have reportedly been […]