The International Press Institute (IPI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation today reiterated earlier calls for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to refrain from verbal attacks on the media. This latest call follows the 30 January assault on journalists during a public speech in which the prime minister condemned the press for being […]

Two-years ago today, a self-professed Turkish nationalist-extremist killed renowned journalist Hrant Dink in an Istanbul street. Prior to the killing, the courts had found Dink guilty of insulting “Turkishness,” and therefore of breaching the country’s infamous Article 301. Turkey’s leaders admitted that problems exist with the highly contentious law in the wake of Dink’s murder. […]

The International Press Institute joined other leading media rights organisations today in condemning a “culture of impunity and indifference” over attacks on journalists in Sri Lanka. Since the beginning of the year, the killing of a senior editor and the attack on the facilities of a popular independent TV channel have led to a paralysis […]

Nepal’s government should move swiftly to investigate the apparent gang killing of a well-known female journalist and harassment of another reporter in the southeastern town of Janakpur, the International Press Institute (IPI) said Wednesday. Uma Singh, a broadcast journalist for Radio Today FM in Janakpur, was stabbed repeatedly by a group of approximately 15 people […]