The International Press Institute (IPI) today marked the seventh anniversary of the murder of Azerbaijani journalist Elmar Huseynov with a call for an end to impunity in attacks against journalists. IPI joined the International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan, a coalition of international non-governmental organisations, in a joint statement urging Azerbaijan’s government to end what the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) yesterday completed its press freedom mission to Bangladesh, where IPI delegates met with high-level members of the country’s government and opposition as well as numerous journalists and media institution representatives, to discuss concerns related to press freedom and journalistic practices in the country. “We are here to show our continued […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a subsidiary of the International Press Institute (IPI), yesterday released a report on the media situation in Montenegro. SEEMO conducted a press freedom mission to Podgorica, the country’s capital, from Nov. 8-10, 2011. The delegation met with Prime Minister Igor Luksic and Deputy Minister of Culture Zeljko […]

The director of a Somali radio station shut down two years ago by Al Shabab militants was killed outside his home in Mogadishu yesterday. Witnesses told Voice of America (VOA) that two unidentified men carrying pistols shot Abukar Hassan Kadaf early Tuesday evening as the journalist was returning home in the city’s southern Wadajir district. […]