European and US diplomats in Beijing, as well as journalists’ groups around the world, have strongly criticised China’s latest clampdown on journalists. “It is unacceptable that journalists are harassed and manhandled while seeking to cover a peaceful protest -which ultimately did not even take place,” said IPI Director Alison Bethel McKenzie. “Journalists working in China […]

An Iraqi journalist reporting for the satellite television station al-Ittijah, whose name remains unknown, was among those killed Thursday in a blast that targeted a celebration in the city of Ramadi, Aswat al Iraq news agency reported today. The killing occurred only a week after another Iraqi journalist was shot dead in Mosul by a group of […]

Six journalists were injured in attacks in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, while they were covering the mayoral elections at a polling station on Wednesday. The assailants are believed to be supporters of Peter Ssematimba, the candidate for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM). The journalists were attacked by a mob armed with sticks with […]

Following high-level meetings with key media stakeholders this week, the International Press Institute (IPI) is encouraged by recent steps Azerbaijan’s government and the country’s Press Council have taken to improve the condition of journalists in that country. IPI Director Alison Bethel McKenzie and IPI Press Freedom Manager Anthony Mills are currently in Azerbaijan to hold […]