Lea en español The International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) today called upon candidates in Mexico’s forthcoming presidential election to prioritise in their campaign platforms both reporter safety and combating impunity for crimes committed against the media. Since April 28, Mexico has witnessed the murders of five […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned by news reports that journalists attempting to photograph a visit by supermodel Naomi Campbell to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem were “harassed” by Palestinian security forces. Although Palestinian state television was able to exclusively interview Campbell, who was celebrating her 42nd birthday in Israel, other journalists were […]

The Gambian Inspector General of Police, Yankuba Sonko, reportedly said that Interpol confirmed to Gambian authorities that a journalist who has been missing since 2006 is actually in the United States. “As far as we are concerned, the latest information we received from Interpol is that he was seen in America and that is it,” […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned physical threats made against two Kosovo journalists on May 16 in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica, in northern Kosovo. Protesters threatened to attack journalists Musa Mustafa of the Pristina-based daily Koha Ditore and Alidin Damati of […]