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IPI addresses open letter to Kenyan media and government

Following is the text of a letter addressed by IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie to the media and state representatives of Kenya on the occasion of the national elections on March 4, 2013 Today Kenyans go to the polls to elect a new president, and in the event that no candidate has an absolute […]

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IPI urges investigation into attack on Indonesian journalist

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged the Indonesian authorities to conduct a swift and comprehensive investigation into the violent attack on journalist Normila Sari Wahyuni on Sunday, March 3. Wahyuni, a reporter for Paser TV, a channel that airs locally in the Paser region, was attacked as she reported on a land dispute in […]

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IFEX members concerned over undermining of OAS Special Rapporteur

The following is a statement signed by over 30 IFEX members and initiated by the International Press Institute (IPI) that is directed at member states of the Organisation of American States (OAS).  The original link can be found here.  To read IPI’s full report on the efforts to undermine the Special Rapporteur, click here. IFEX […]

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China: Attack on German TV crew

On Feb. 27, a news crew with the German public television channel ARD was attacked by unidentified individuals with baseball bats and subsequently forced into a car chase in China’s northern province of Hebei. The crew, which included the director of the ARD’s Beijing office, Christine Adelhardt, two other German reporters and two Chinese staff […]

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