Ukraine: ARTICLE 19 and IMS Call for Balanced and Ethical Reporting During Elections
ARTICLE 19, together with International Media Support, urge private and publicly funded media in Ukraine to behave responsibly and to respect professional and ethical standards of journalism in the period leading up to and during the presidential elections scheduled for 17 January 2010.
This is the first presidential election in Ukraine since the Orange Revolution of 2004. Although the change in government after 2004 resulted in less firm governmental control over the press and a more pluralistic media, there …

1. The preservation of life and safety is paramount. Staff and freelancers equally should be made aware that unwarranted risks in pursuit of a story are unacceptable and strongly discouraged. News organizations are urged to consider safety first, before competitive advantage, for journalists in hostile environments.
2. Assignments to war and other danger zones must be voluntary and only involve experienced news gatherers and those under their direct supervision. No career should suffer as a result of refusing a dangerous assignment. The judgment of the journalist on the spot should be …

Safety Zone – 2nd Qtr 2007
Newsletter of the International News Safety Institute
Issue 5, 2nd Quarter 2007, Southeast Asia
J O U R N A L I S T S    A N D    M E D I A    S T A F F    K I L L E D
PHILIPPINES
18-04-07
Provincial broadcaster killed
Carmelo “Mark” Palacios, 41, a reporter for the government-run dzRB Radyo ng Bayan was found dead in Sta. Rosa town, Nueva Ecija (about 200 km. north of Manila) on 18 April at around 6 a.m. (local time). Reports said the victim …

INSI provides safety training to 54 journalists and editors in Sri Lanka
Brussels, 12 August  – Forty-four Sri Lankan journalists and 10 editors were given free safety training and advice by INSI in two courses in July.
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IFJ and INSI Join Global Call for Release of Journalists in Gambia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the International News Safety Institute (IFJ) today called for the urgent release of jailed journalists in Gambia, adding …
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Government agents posing as journalists threaten safety of news media, INSI says
Brussels, 16 July — The …