Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Brazilian journalist gunned down in front of his home

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Brazilian authorities to fully investigate last Saturday’s killing of journalist Rodrigo Neto de Faria. Neto de Faria, who worked for Radio Vanguarda and the daily Vale do Aço, was shot by unknown gunmen on Saturday, March 9 in front of his home in Ipatinga, a city in […]

Read More

IPI welcomes improved security for Kenyan journalists

The International Press Institute (IPI) today noted improvements in the security situation of Kenyan and international journalists covering the Kenyan elections on Monday, Mar. 4, 2013, and their aftermath. Concerns for media workers had mounted in the run-up to the elections. Alarming reports by the Kenya Correspondents Association (KCA) said that a number of journalists […]

Read More

Ukrainian editor injured in assault

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today joined calls urging authorities to investigate Tuesday’s beating of a newspaper editor in central Ukraine. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), citing a report from the Kiev-based Institute for Mass Information (IMI), said yesterday that three unidentified men attacked […]

Read More

Shots fired at Antiguan reporter

An Antigua and Barbuda-based online news website reported yesterday that one of its journalists had been shot at several times after covering a West Indies cricket match on Sunday night. According to the website, Caribarena, the incident occurred outside of Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua. The journalist escaped the scene unharmed, while […]

Read More