International News Safety Institute

Type: Organization

Name: International News Safety Institute

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Kidnapping risk high in Democratic Republic of Congo

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 10 (UPI) --Crimes against humanity were allegedly committed in eastern DRC last year when fighting erupted between the DRC military and the rebel March 23 Movement. Both parties to the conflict likely committed ... [Published UPI - May 10 2013]

Entities: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kidnapping, International News Safety Institute, Bosco Ntaganda, United Nations

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Case study: Brazil

\r\n \r\nJournalists are the eyes, voice and ears of a society. When you kill a journalist you contribute to creating a blind, mute and deaf community, unable to understand the environment around it.The killing of journalists is the most severe aggression ... [Published Foreign and Commonwealth Office - May 02 2013]

Entities: Tim Lopes, Brazil, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Bylines Lost On the Frontline

In acknowledgment of World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd, the opinion pages will carry articles throughout this week, celebrating the media, freedom of expression and journalists.The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers recorded 68 journalist ... [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - May 01 2013]

Entities: World Association of Newspapers, Mexico, International News Safety Institute, Hannah Storm

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Frontline Club

Tricia Todd: Why You Should Care About The Safety of Journalists

If no story is worth a life, then why is murder the number one cause of journalists' deaths worldwide? In addition to those who have been killed, dozens have been attacked, kidnapped, or forced into exile in connection with their coverage of crime and ... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: International News Safety Institute, Corruption, Frontline Club, Vaughan Smith

First reported Feb 12 2013 - Updated Feb 12 2013 - 1 reports

City University, London

Colin Bickler obituary

_ My friend and former colleague Colin Bickler, who has died aged 78 after a short illness, was associated with City University London for 20 years. As a fellow in international journalism, he influenced the careers of dozens of graduates now working ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Feb 12 2013]

Entities: City University, London, Human Rights Consultative Committee, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cul..., International News Safety Institute, Institute for War and Peace Reporting

First reported Jan 28 2013 - Updated Jan 28 2013 - 1 reports

Al-Qaeda

The Coming Oil War … Against al-Qaeda (Guest Voice)

The Coming Oil War … Against al-Qaeda by Daniel J. Graeber A consortium minding security issues for journalists working in hostile territory warned that credible reports revealed a threat to oil installations in Libya. Islamists based in Libya were ... [Published The Moderate Voice - Jan 28 2013]

Entities: Al-Qaeda, Libya, Benghazi, Natural Gas

Quotes

"At least 30 locals have been kidnapped in the area since April, with a majority abducted in the province's Rutshuru territory" INSI said in a statement

Kidnapping risk high in Democratic Republic of Congo [Published UPI - May 10 2013]

...friend translating as Beketov's injuries left him without the ability to speak clearly) last year, he says there were warnings prior to his attack. "He expected an attack at any time but somewhere he miscalculated." First they killed his dog, then they set his car on fire, then came the attack that left him severely disabled with three fingers and one leg amputated...

Tricia Todd: Why You Should Care About The Safety of Journalists [Published Huffington Post - Apr 30 2013]

"Journalists are more than ever in the cross-hairs of the enemies of freedom" said INSI director Rodney Pinder

70 journalists killed in first half of 2012 [Published Press Gazette - Aug 09 2012]