IPI in the News
A sampling of news coverage of IPI from global media.
2010
CNN: Honduran journalist killing makes 8 for the year
August 26, 2010
The Daily Star: May Chidiac to receive Press Freedom Hero Award
August 17, 2010
South African media battle goes international
Jacaranda News, 12 August 2010 (South Africa)
President Yanukovych says he will never allow censorship or any other methods of pressure on journalists
Govt website, response to IPI letter, 12 August 2010 (Ukraine)
S Africa planned media laws 'threaten independence'
AFP, 12 August 2010 (South Africa)
Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji named 'press freedom hero'
AFP, 9 August 2010
IPI concern over threats against journalists in Kashmir, Manipur
The Hindu, July 28, 2010 (India)
Attacks on the Media on the Rise in India
The Hindu, August 2, 2010 (India)
Pius Njawe, African journalist who focused on corruption in Cameroon, dies at 53: The Washington Post
14 July 2010
Pius Njawé, Noted African Journalist, Dies at 53: The New York Times
14 July 2010
Cuba must 'immediately release all dissidents': IPI: Via AFP
11 July 2010
Tunisian journalist loses jail appeal: The Guardian
8 July 2010
Journalist refused entry to China: The Guardian
7 July 2010
Media Groups: Somali Government Harassing Journalists: Voice of America
5 July 2010
Protests at new media law in Hungary: The Guardian
25 June 2010
Anti-Chavez TV owner faces arrest: The Guardian
14 June 2010
Tunisia 'dangerous for journalists: Via AFP
8 July 2010
Foreign watchdog calls on Aquino to end killing of mediamen
22 June, 2010
Gefahr für Leib und Leben: Die Furche (Interview with IPI Director David Dadge)
3 May, 2010
For world's journalists, 2000s a 'decade of death': CNN International
February 11, 2010
February 11, 2010
February 11, 2010
February 11, 2010
January 15, 2010
February 4, 2010
25 January 2010
2009
Was the Shoe Thrower Right?
IPI Director David Dadge speaks to Austria's FM4 about the release of Muntadar Al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist imprisoned for throwing a shoe at former U.S President George W. Bush.
16 September 2009
Gambian Journalists Jailed For Sedition: Source
New York Times - Sophie Hardach, Mark Heinrich - 06 Aug
Zambian editor in 'obscene' birth photos trial
AFP - 05 Aug
IPI: Mexican authorities need to act immediately to 'stem ...
Journalism.co.uk - 31 July
Ruling coalition turns to LDP
B92 - 31 July
Another Filipino journalist murdered
guardian.co.uk - 31 July
Gambia press freedom worst in W.Africa -watchdog
Reuters - Serena Chaudhry, David Lewis - 29 July
Gambia should drop charges against journalists: IPI
Reuters, 24 July 2009
A liberal dose of caution needed
The Age, 24 July 2009
Watchdog slams French police
Straits Times, 23 July 2009
Bishops, press lobby condemn editor's arrest
Yahoo via AP, 20 July 2009
Film recounts NZ reporter's last days
New Zealand Herald, 28 May 2009
Finnish gov't wants broad powers to force media to name sources
Newsroom Finland, 20 May 2009
Ethiopia's new climate of fear
Despite the generosity of donor nations, Ethiopia is ruled by an authoritarian government with virtual impunity
By David Dadge
Guardian, 19 May 2009
North Korea to Try Two U.S. Journalists on June 4
Bloomberg, 14 May 2009
International Press Institute demands release of detained journalists
Agence France-Presse, 20 April 2009 (in French)
IPI deplores Fiji crackdown on media
Pacific Media Centre, 16 April 2009
Malaysia arrests bloggers, bans newspapers in fresh assault on expression
Malaysia Today, 2 April 2009
The Two Faces of Rwanda
International Relations and Security Network, 23 March 2009
Erdogan v the media
In a country where journalists' blood has been spilt, Turkey's prime minister animus towards the media risks creating tragedies.
By David Dadge
European Voice, 7 March 2009
Killing of Nepali Woman journalist brings Condemnation to Prachanda
Ghana News, 22 February 2009
Newspapers in Asia: A Positive Story
Time, 18 February 2009
Pakistani Reporter Is Killed After Celebration of Truce
New York Times, 18 February 2009
Journalists in the line of fire
By David Dadge
New Indian Express, 17 February 2009
Killings blamed on impunity
Daily Nation (Nairobi), 3 Feburary 2009


