Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

IPI concerned about campaign of terror directed against journalists in Algeria

His Excellency Ali Khafi Chairman of the High Council of State Algiers Algeria Vienna, 9 December 1993 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is deeply concerned about the recent campaign of terror directed against journalists in Algeria. We understand that at least eight journalists have been killed in Algeria this year by Islamic fundamentalists. […]

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IPI condemns kidnapping of Turkish journalists by PKK

On the occasion of the visit to Vienna by members of the Turkish Press Council, the International Press Institute (IPI) has been informed that Turkish journalists were kidnapped on 16 October 1993 by PKK militants and presented with an ultimatum. According to the Turkish Press Council, journalists working for newspapers and news agencies in Diyarbakir, […]

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