The International Press Institute (IPI) calls for an immediate, transparent investigation into the 1 November brutal beating of Kyrgyz journalist Kubanychbek Joldoshev in Kyrgyzstan’s southern Osh region. Joldoshev, a correspondent for local newspaper Osh Shamy (“The Torch of Osh”), told Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) he was attacked after a taxi he was […]

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, […]

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. […]

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 […]