Members of Iraqi security forces gather near Tahrir square before the start of an anti-government demonstration in central Baghdad June 10, 2011. REUTERS/Saad Shalash

Press Freedom Concerns Grow Around the World in First Six Months of 2011

IPI Report Highlights Violations of Press Freedom, Attacks and Harassment of Journalists 

Six months into the year, there has been very little improvement in media freedom around the world, and in many parts, the losses far outweighed the gains, according to the Vienna-based International Press Institute.The IPI, a global press freedom organization, today released<media 3288> a report outlining press freedom developments across the world</media> in the first six months of 2011. According to the report, 51 journalists have been killed so far in 2011. Sixteen of those  ...