The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed news that two France-3 journalists held hostage in Afghanistan since December 2009 have been freed. A representative from the television broadcaster’s foreign news desk confirmed to IPI that Stephane Taponier and Herve Ghesquiere had been released, but was unable to provide details. IPI Director Alison Bethel McKenzie said: […]

Mumbai police announced today that seven men were arrested in connection with the brutal shooting of veteran Mumbai journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. The special investigations editor at Mumbai tabloid Mid-Day was gunned down in broad daylight on 11 June. In today’s press conference, Mumbai’s Joint Commissioner of Police Himanshu Roy said that the seven men, including […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the recent attacks on two radio stations, the detention of a journalist, and the ongoing trials against at least eight others in Eastern Africa. Local Somali radio stations Codka Hiiraan and Dhusamareb were seized on 22 June, and the editor of the latter was detained briefly on the […]

The Global Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations, at its meeting held in Vienna, Austria, on 17 June, 2011, agreed to adopt the following resolutions on the Americas and Turkey by unanimous vote of the members present. Members who voted in favour of the resolutions included representatives from the International Press Institute (IPI), the International […]