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 […]

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 […]

A pro-government television channel in Syria has broadcast an interview with Turkish journalist Cüneyt Ünal, who said that he was captured by Syrian loyalist forces on Aug. 20 in Aleppo, Reuters reported. Ünal appeared exhausted and nervous with apparent bruises under both eyes in the interview, which aired Sunday on the Al Ikhbariya news channel. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) Nepal National Committee today condemned the alleged attack against a journalist by a police official at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on Sunday, Aug. 26. According to the information available to IPI, Nepal Police Head Constable Basanta Bahadur Karki allegedly manhandled cameraperson Sachin Pariyar, who had come to the […]