Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Take advantage of our early bird rates

IPI is offering reduced registration rates for its annual World Congress, to be held in Amman, Jordan, from May 19-21, 2013. The deadline for Early Bird registration is December 25. Early registration will save you almost 30% off IPI’s regular Congress rates. Early Bird Registration Rates: Members: €810 Non-Members: €900 Accompanying Persons: €350 Titled “Documenting […]

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Journalists under attack – a call for action to improve journalists’ safety

  Well over 100 journalists have been killed so far this year – the highest number since the International Press Institute (IPI) began keeping count of journalists’ deaths in 1997. All across the world – from Africa, Asia and Europe, to the Middle East and Latin America – journalists continue to be systematically and brutally […]

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BLOG: Journalist murderers enjoy impunity in Pakistan

At least 48 journalists have been killed in the line of duty in Pakistan over the last ten years and 35 of them were deliberately targeted and murdered because of their work. In 2012 alone, six journalists were killed in the country. For every journalist who was deliberately targeted and murdered, there are many others […]

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2012 deadliest year on record for journalists

On Nov. 22 at 10 am CET, IPI will be holding a livestream panel on the safety of journalists. The panel will include: Frank La Rue, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; Christof Heyns, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary […]

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