Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Kidnapped Mexican reporter found dead

Lea en español The International Press Institute (IPI) today vigorously condemned the murder of kidnapped Mexican journalist Marco Antonio Ávila García, whose tortured body was found on the side of a highway in the northern state of Sonora on Friday afternoon. News reports say Avila’s body was found wrapped in a black plastic bag near […]

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Encontrado muerto periodista mexicano secuestrado

Read in English El Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés), condenó fuertemente el asesinato del periodista mexicano Marco Antonio Ávila García, cuyo cuerpo torturado fue encontrado el viernes por la tarde en una carretera del estado norteño de Sonora. Reportes noticiosos indican que el cuerpo de Ávila fue encontrado envuelto […]

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Romanian journalist attacked

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned the May 16 attack on Romanian journalist Dan Bucura and said it hopes that the perpetrators will soon be brought to justice. Bucura, an investigative reporter with Realitatea TV and former editor-in-chief of the Bucharest-based daily Puterea, […]

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Mexican journalist kidnapped

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Mexican authorities to secure the safety and release of a journalist kidnapped in the northern state of Sonora yesterday. According to news reports, Marcos Avila García, who covers police and crime for El Regional de Sonora, was abducted by three armed assailants while waiting for his vehicle […]

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