International Press Institute (IPI)

Authorities in Peru are urged to investigate all theories into the deaths of two journalists in apparently separate incidents whose remains were found just days apart in recent weeks.

Over 70 rights and expression organisations worldwide entreated the UN Human Rights Council’s 34th session to call on Turkey to take immediate steps to address the ongoing free expression crisis in the country.

The online harassment of journalists in Hungary adds a new dimension to the country’s overall state of freedom of expression, according to a new IPI report.

An international press freedom mission visited Turkey in response to an ongoing purge by the government in the wake of a failed 15 July 2016 coup attempt that traumatised the country. Hundreds of thousands have been dismissed from jobs or detained under wide-ranging emergency powers granted after the coup attempt.

Hungarian courts’ doctrine of objective liability for media outlets quoting third parties presents a significant obstacle to the coverage of political affairs, a new study on civil defamation practice in Hungary has found.

IPI unveiled a new website to serve as a resource for information on the more than 150 journalists and media workers currently behind bars in Turkey.

The current mandate holder, Ms Dunja Mijatović, is due to leave the Office of OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media in a month’s time. And yet, to date, there has been no announcement of her successor.

A Libyan detainee believed to be a member of the group said in an interview aired on Saturday on private channel Libya Al-Hadath that he had witnessed the execution of Sofiène Chourabi and Nadhir Ktari in the eastern port city of Derna in 2015.