The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned last week’s murder of a television engineer during a violent attack on a TV station in Mexico. Rodolfo Ochoa, 27, was shot to death by masked intruders at dawn last Wednesday as he tried to telephone colleagues for help when the intruders burst into the transmission facilities of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) said today that it was pleased Dominican Republic officials have brought charges against police who allegedly plotted to murder a journalist, and called for further action to address the disturbing number of attacks on journalists this year. Authorities on Monday announced charges against five officers accused of plotting to murder […]

Media personnel continue to suffer in the ongoing demonstrations in Egypt, with an Egyptian journalist succumbing to injuries sustained during the protests. Ahmed Mohammed Mahmoud, a journalist working for the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ta’awun, died Friday, 4 February, of injuries sustained when he was shot by a sniper a week before. Mahmoud was taking pictures of […]

Turkish state broadcaster TRT said yesterday that its Egypt correspondent, Metin Turan, was beaten by a group of pro-Mubarak demonstrators and lost a tooth in the attack, the International Press Institute (IPI) has learned from its IPI Turkish National Committee. The broadcaster reported that Turan was attacked by around 15 demonstrators with batons, and that […]