Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

IPI endorses Jamaica Press Association letter to prime minister

The International Press Institute (IPI) has endorsed a letter to Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness from the Press Association (PAJ) of Jamaica calling on his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to exercise restraint in its criticism of media workers covering the country’s 29 December elections. PAJ President Jenni Campbell sent the letter to Holness in response […]

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Targeting of media continues in Yemen

Despite former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s agreement to hand over power, the announcement of elections in February 2012 and the unveiling of a new unity government this week, protests and violence continue in Yemen – as do threats and attacks against journalists. Hakim Almasmari, chief editor of the Yemen Post news website, told IPI […]

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IPI to offer annual Li Journalism Fellowship

The International Press Institute (IPI), the world’s oldest global press freedom organization with members from leading media outlets spanning every continent, on Thursday announced the creation of the Li Journalism Fellowship. The annual, two-month fellowship is named after IPI Vice-Chairman Simon Li, a former assistant managing editor for The Los Angeles Times, and his wife, […]

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SEEMO calls on peacekeeping force to investigate alleged attack on journalists in Kosovo

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media organization (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), calls on the Kosovo Force (KFOR) authorities, the NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo, to investigate alleged attacks against several journalists in Northern Kosovo. According to the Belgrade-based Journalists’ Association of Serbia (UNS) and Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia […]

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