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IPI press freedom team prepares to visit Lebanon

On Sunday, a delegation from the International Press Institute (IPI) will be travelling to Lebanon to meet with journalists and editors from a broad range of Lebanese media outlets, as well as political leaders, government officials, and local press freedom advocates, to discuss the current press freedom climate. Although the media in Lebanon is diverse, […]

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Missing Mexican radio presenter’s throat slit

During the night of Sunday 11 October, police in Mexico’s Sinaloa region discovered the body of missing radio presenter Fabián Ramírez López. Ramírez López was last seen alive on Friday 9 as he left home for work. His body was found hidden among bushes in the coastal city of Mazatlán, following an anonymous telephone tip-off […]

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Following mission to Russia, IPI warns impunity still gravest obstacle to press freedom

Following a five-day IPI press freedom advocacy mission to Russia from 29 September – 4 October, IPI warned on Wednesday that the gravest press freedom concern in today’s Russia remains the impunity enjoyed by those who assault and murder journalists. IPI called for action on the part of Russia’s federal government to ensure that both […]

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IPI delegation raises issues of impunity and self-censorship with human rights ombudsman, holds discussions with media outlets in first leg of Russia advocacy mission

The International Press Institute (IPI), a media freedom organisation with an almost 60-year history of defending liberty of the press, on Wednesday began a five day advocacy mission to Russia, one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists. The mission began with an investigation into the events surrounding the brutal attack on a Khimki-based […]

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