Articles by International Press Institute (IPI)
Italian newspaper receives explosive device
La Stampa’s offices in Turin received a package containing a cloth compact disc carrier with explosive powder, cables and a detonator inside. The package contained no note or information about who sent it or why.
Nigerian journalists freed following interrogation over source
Tony Amokeodo and Chibuzo Ukaibe had been held for questioning over the source of a document that their newspaper published last week. Their release was subject to the condition that the journalists report to police headquarters by 10 am every day.
Nigerian journalists detained for refusing to disclose source
The International Press Institute (IPI) protests the continued detention of two Nigerian journalists who are reportedly being held by police because they refuse to disclose the source of a leaked document that has embarrassed Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan.
4 Italian journalists siezed in Syria days after Assad extends offer of amnesty to kidnappers
In an April 2 decree, Bashar al-Assad reportedly gave kidnappers in the country 15 days to hand over victims or face a lifetime of hard labour and a possible death sentence in the event that a victim was killed, permanently disabled or sexually abused.
Authorities should release Cuban journalist imprisoned for six months
The International Press Institute reiterates its demand that Cuban authorities immediately release the independent journalist Calixto Martínez Arias, who was imprisoned last September for allegedly insulting former president Fidel Castro and his brother, current president Raúl Castro, under the country’s criminal-defamation laws.
Authorities should release Cuban journalist imprisoned for six months
The International Press Institute reiterates its demand that Cuban authorities immediately release the independent journalist Calixto Martínez Arias, who was imprisoned last September for allegedly insulting former president Fidel Castro and his brother, current president Raúl Castro, under the country’s criminal-defamation laws.
Four newspapers attacked in Iraq, five reporters hospitalised
Journalists at the newspapers said the men attacked staff with batons and knives, smashing furniture and equipment. Five Al Dustour journalists were injured, four with stab wounds and one because he was thrown from the roof of the building.
Four newspapers attacked in Iraq, five reporters hospitalised
Journalists at the newspapers said the men attacked staff with batons and knives, smashing furniture and equipment. Five Al Dustour journalists were injured, four with stab wounds and one because he was thrown from the roof of the building.