A Haitian radio journalist who was wounded when his vehicle came under heavy gunfire from unknown assailants died on Monday in a local hospital. Jean Liphète Nelson, 38, was the manager of Radio Boukman, a community radio station he had founded in 2004 in Cité Soleil, an impoverished and historically violent commune located at the […]

Reporters Edith Bouvier and William Daniels have escaped the besieged Syrian city of Homs and are currently in Lebanon, according to AP. During a European summit in Brussels, French President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed that he had spoken to Bouvier and that she and Daniels had been smuggled into Lebanon. He added that Bouvier would be […]

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 […]