Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Brother and sister journalists murdered in Bolivia

Lea en español Two journalists – a brother and sister – were found strangled to death on Saturday morning near their home in El Alto, Bolivia, just outside the country’s capital, La Paz. The bodies of Verónica Peñasco Layme, communications director for Radio San Gabriel, and Victor Hugo Layme, a journalist with Radio Pachamama, were […]

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Asesinaron en Bolivia a dos hermanos periodistas

Read in English Dos hermanos periodistas fueron encontrados estrangulados el sábado por la mañana cerca de su casa en El Alto, Bolivia, a las afueras de la capital del país, La Paz. Los cuerpos de Verónica Peñasco Layme, jefa de prensa de la Radio San Gabriel, y Víctor Hugo Layme, periodista de Radio Pachamama, fueron […]

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Efforts to rescue wounded journalists in Syria continue

An attempt to rescue two Western journalists wounded in a rocket attack in Syria failed over the weekend, while efforts were apparently underway to secure the release of two Welsh journalists detained in Libya. According to news reports, Sunday Times (U.K.) photographer Paul Conroy and Le Figaro correspondent Edith Bouvier declined to be evacuated on […]

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IPI delegates travel to South Asia to meet with journalists and assess media situation

An IPI delegation has begun a visit to India, Nepal and Bangladesh to meet with representatives from a broad range of media, as well as top government officials and members of civil society. The trip will continue until March 6. “An extremely vibrant media scene, combined with a great awareness about the role of the […]

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