Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Another journalist executed – Mexico joins Pakistan at top of ‘world’s deadliest countries for reporters’ list

The body of yet another slain Mexican journalist was found on Monday, less than a day after he had been kidnapped by a group of armed men, the Centre for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET), a local media organisation in Mexico, reported. The body of José Bladimir Antuna García was found behind a local hospital, […]

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JOURNALIST MURDERED: Mexican Journalist gunned down at work in front of colleagues, as cycle of reporter killings continues

The director of the Internet site of Mexico’s Radio Vision, Norberto Miranda, was killed last week by a group of five gunmen who entered his office in Nuevo Casas Grandes, near Ciudad Juárez, in the state of Chihuahua. The gunmen asked for Miranda, who identified himself and was gunned down in front of his colleagues. […]

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IPI begins press freedom advocacy mission to Russia

An International Press Institute (IPI) advocacy mission arrived in Russia on Tuesday, 29 September 2009. During the five-day mission, the delegates will visit the cities of Moscow, Kchimki and Tomsk, to meet with local media and government officials and discuss the state of media freedom in the country. The IPI mission to Russia includes: IPI […]

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One Tunisian journalist kidnapped and beaten in brutal assault, another arrested, as president Ben Ali’s fifth term begins with yet more blows to press freedom

The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the kidnapping and beating of journalist Slim Boukhdhir on Wednesday night in Tunis and the arrest on Thursday morning of renowned journalist and government critic Taoufik Ben Brik. Ben Brik had previously endured detentions and been prevented from travelling out of Tunisia. He was arrested for allegedly attacking […]

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