Demonstrators in Bolivia’s administrative capital, La Paz, exploded dynamite cartridges outside the offices of daily newspaper La Razón newspaper on Wednesday, according to local media. The demonstrators were allegedly angered by the newspaper’s editorial stance, which they claim is “at the mercy of and in favour of businessmen,” reports La Razón. Nobody was injured in the attack. The […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]