Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

IPI condemns journalist killings in Tanzania and The Philippines

Two journalists were reportedly killed over the last week, in Tanzania and in the Philippines, according to news reports. The International Press Institute (IPI) condemned the killings and called for full investigations into the circumstances of their deaths. In Tanzania, Channel Ten reporter Daudi Mwangosi was allegedly killed by police on Sunday while covering a […]

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Syria denies holding missing journalist

The International Press Institute (IPI) today again expressed deep concern over the fate of two foreign journalists reportedly captured by Syrian loyalist forces in Aleppo last month after the Syrian government on Tuesday denied that it was holding one of them. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which oversees U.S.-funded Arabic-language satellite station Al Hurra, […]

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Bolivian mayor issues death threats against journalist

The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned death threats made against journalists by the mayor of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia’s largest city. On Saturday, during a speech to mark the opening of a citywide celebration, Mayor Percy Fernández reportedly said, “I will not rest until I see Tuffi Aré (editor of El […]

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Nepalese journalist receives death threats

The International Press Institute (IPI) Nepal National Committee on Wednesday expressed concern over continued death threats directed at freelance journalist Ganesh Pandey. In a statement released yesterday, the IPI Nepal Committee reported that an unknown person, who identified himself as Gyanbhi Gurung, had threatened Pandey several times over the past week in relation to an […]

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