The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned about the circumstances surrounding the death on 10 July of an independent journalist from injuries sustained during a reported beating at the hands of police. Almaz Tashiyev, who was known for his critical reporting on the Kyrgyz government fell into a coma a few days after the attack […]

IPI calls on the Mexican authorities to act immediately to stem the systematic killing of reporters, following the brutal murder of radio journalist Juan Daniel Martínez Gil near Acapulco on the evening of Monday 27 July. Gil’s murder is another example of the grave danger the media face in Mexico, which is the Western Hemisphere’s […]

IPI Resolution on the Sentencing of US Journalists by North Korea IPI Repeats Call for Justice for Journalists Murdered in East Timor in 1975 IPI Resolution Against Efforts to Weaken Independent Media Councils IPI Resolution on Criminal Defamation in the EU IPI Resolution on Pressure on Critical Media in Venezuela IPI Resolution Urging Aid Agencies […]

Justice; that is the one thing the families of the slain British journalists, who make up two of the ‘Balibo Five’, want. Thirty-four years ago, as the Indonesian army amassed on the border of East Timor, British reporter Malcolm Rennie and cameraman Brian Peters, along with Australian TV reporter Greg Shackleton, soundman Tony Stewart, and […]