IPI is saddened by the passing of reporter Anthony Shadid of the New York Times, who died of an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria. Shadid, 43, is survived by his parents, wife and two children. The two-time Pulitzer Prize — winning journalist and author died while crossing the Syrian-Turkish border after a […]

A French and Dutch reporter have been attacked as they reported on protests against land sales in China, according to AFP. Remko Tanis, a reporter for the Netherlands Press Association, was attacked on 15 February. A journalist for French 24, Baptiste Fallevoz, and his fixer Jack Zhang were mobbed by a large group, whilst covering […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today addressed an open letter to Dwayne Gibbs, Trinidad & Tobago’s Commissioner of Police, regarding recent intimidation tactics against journalists and media houses perpetrated by the police force. Earlier this week, the Anti-Corruption Investigations Bureau of Trinidad and Tobago conducted a raid on the offices of Newsday, searched a senior […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned attacks yesterday on the offices of Turkish-language newspaper Zaman in Paris and in the German city of Cologne allegedly carried out by supporters of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Zaman reported that a group of nearly 15 PKK supporters wearing masks entered its Paris office and threatened […]