On 7 September, Peruvian journalist Pedro Alonso Flores Silva was shot twice on his way home, in the province of Casma, 14 hours away from the nation’s capital, Lima. He was intercepted by a hooded man who attacked him. He died two days later in hospital. According to Flores’ wife, the attack came three months […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the European Parliament resolution of 15 September in which the body called on Eritrea to “to lift the ban on the country’s independent press and to immediately release the independent journalists and all others who have been jailed simply for exercising their right to freedom of expression.” The […]

IPI today announced its concern at a spate of attacks against the media in Egypt over the last week. Journalists from local media, U.S. public broadcaster PBS and CNN were reportedly attacked on Saturday while covering the aftermath of the demonstration-turned-attack at the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Friday. Meanwhile, on Sunday, as the head […]

Reporter and political activist Medardo Flores was killed last Thursday in the northern city of Puerto Cortés, in Honduras, AFP reported. He was attacked in his car by at least two gunmen while he was driving back to his ranch and was struck by nine bullets, the local press reported. According to the International Press […]