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- INSI Global Inquiry - Report and Recommendations


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Translations of key INSI information are available below in PDF format.
Note: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system to read them. These have been available for some time now.

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link to Bengali translation in PDF
link to Azeri PDF
link to Word document in French
link to MS Word document in Spanish
link to MS Word document in Portuguese
link to PDF in Russian
link to PDF in Georgian
link to PDF in Tagalog
link to PDF in Bahasa Indonesia

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INSI News

INSI Alarm Over Sri Lanka Government "Treachery" Attacks On Journalists
06 June 2008

INSI Weekly Alerts
02 June 2008

INSI Middle East Coordinator Participates in Arab Broadcast Forum Debate on Palestine
04 May 2008

UN, UNESCO heads condemn attacks on journalists and appeal for killers to face justice
03 May 2008

INSI marks 5th birthday on World Press Freedom Day - helping save journalists' lives
02 May 2008

Britain pledges support for news media safety
01 May 2008

INSI Weekly Alerts
28 April 2008

Investigative Mission into Attacks and Killings of Journalists and Media in Mexico
25 April 2008

INSI Joins Media Rights Monitoring During Election in Nepal
14 April 2008

UN agency calls on governments to curb impunity on crimes against media professionals - urges support for journalist safety projects
01 April 2008

Rescuing the messenger - Post-election trauma counseling for Kenyan reporters
19 March 2008

INSI Emergency Safety Training for Journalists in Embattled Kenya
20 February 2008

INSI Safety Tips Sri Lanka
19 February 2008

Electronic Media Back Safety Moves -- Full Report of WEMF3
19 February 2008

Forum Urges All J-Schools to Put Safety on Their Agendas
15 February 2008

INSI trains news safety trainers in South East Asia
21 January 2008

Journalists in Danger Following Sri Lanka Army "traitor" Slur
09 January 2008

Bullets, Bombs and Beatings -- Record Number of Journalists Pay Deadly Price of News
03 January 2008

Some Light In Darkest Year For Journalists By Rodney Pinder, INSI Director
03 January 2008

News Groups Appeal to UN Security Council on Safety of Journalists
18 December 2007

UN Secretary-General Pledges Support for Journalist Safety - Praises INSI
14 December 2007

World Electronic Media Forum calls for UN Special Rapporteur on Protection of Journalists
11 December 2007

INSI Offers Big Powers Help to Implement New Pledge on Journalist Safety in War
30 November 2007

News Deaths Hit All-Time High
28 November 2007

INSI Established in the United States
27 November 2007

INSI Welcomes African Journalists Federation
22 November 2007

INSI Provides Safety Training to Afghan Journalists
21 November 2007


INSI Annual General Meeting 2007 Report

INSI Advisory Venezuela Demonstrations
20 November 2007
Venezuela Recomendaciones del INSI para la cobertura de manifestaciones

BBC's Alan Johnston discusses his ordeal at INSI hostage debate
02 November 2007

Frontline/INSI Event: Media Talk - Do journalists need a special safety convention?
Read the Report
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New INSI Hotspots: Myanmar/Burma

27 September 2007

Journalists and Safety Advocates Welcome Launch of Iraqi Campaign over Violence against Media
21 September 2007

INSI provides safety tips to journalists covering the earthquake in Peru
18 August 2007

El INSI da recomendaciones de seguridad a periodistas que cubre el terremoto en Per�

INSI provides safety training to endangered Somali journalists
08 August 2007

INSI welcomes release of Alan Johnston
04 July 2007

Only half way through year and journalist death toll hits 100
27 June 2007

Britain challenges international community to end impunity for journalist killers
12 June 2007

Journalists' Safety Theme of World Press Freedom Day Celebration in Indonesia
22 May 2007

Dying to get the news: The unacceptably high death toll in the media profession
19 May 2007

Iraqi government press restrictions have nothing to do with safety
18 May 2007

IPI Resolution on the Kidnapping of Journalists
12 May 2007

Afghanistan Safety Advisory
10 May 2007

Media Professionals Adopt Declaration on Security at UNESCO World Press Freedom Day
09 May 2007

What price world press freedom when journalists die?
02 May 2007

Europe's public broadcasters call for a coordinated approach to guarantee journalist safety
26 April 2007

British government urged to respond positively to INSI's Global Inquiry
26 April 2007

INSI News Advisory - Covering Virginia Tech Shooting
18 April 2007

Trauma Self-help Website Launched for News Media Staff
22 February 2007

Chris Cramer: Meet the future of TV news
19 February 2007

INSI president honoured for work on journalist safety
14 February 2007

Journalist support groups agree media death toll rising
04 January 2007

Bloodiest year for news media
02 January 2007

INSI welcomes UN action to safeguard journalists
27 December 2006

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Safety Resource News


INSI Hostage Guidelines


The Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity: International Legal Standards
by Toby Mendel, Senior Director for Law, ARTICLE 19


Les Grands Reporters du mythe a la (parfois) triste r�alit�…
by Alexandre Janvier


Kidnapped and other dispatches
by Alan Johnston


Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know
Updated Edition


Staying Alive
Safety and security guidelines for humanitarian volunteers by ICRC


New Consensus on Trauma Support for Journalists, First Responders


Are We There Yet?
Travels with my frontline family by Rosie Whitehouse

Lessons from a hostage crisis


Journalists Under Fire, The Psychological Hazards of Covering War by Anthony Feinstein


Body Armour
by Duncan Falconer, AKE Group


Protection Kits for Bird Flu Coverage



Reuters Avian Flu Advisory



CNN Avian Flu Advisory



WHO Handbook for Journalists: Influenza Pandemic


Avian Flu - Precautions for News Staff


Trauma Awareness for Media Covering Natural Disasters

Safety Precautions for Volcanic Eruption Coverage

European Commission Black List of Unsafe Airlines

US offers Iraq journalists new safeguards

Hanta Virus Info - Colombia, Chile, Panama

Coverage Safety Precautions for Chernobyl Anniversary

Breaking Bad News
Practical Guide for Managers & Editors
Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma

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Articles

Photographing evil in South Africa's townships
Reuters

A Hostage's Story: CBS Journalist Speaks
CBS News

Death threats dog Somali journalist Somali journalist flees to stay alive
McClatchy Newspapers

Death threats dog Somali journalist Somali journalist flees to stay alive
McClatchy Newspapers

Trauma, kidnap and death: all in a day's work for journalists in Iraq
The Times of London

Covering the World
The Daily Colonial

Blue Flak Jackets Make Journalists a Target
The Guardian

Killing the Messenger - Speech by Rodney Pinder at Gala de la Presse, Brussels
AJPP

Arab women war reporters: Who cares about them?
Daily Telegraph

Outlets weigh risks to war zone journalists against story
CNews

Networks Face Grim Cost of War
Broadcasting & Cable

Behind the Release - How the BBC dealt with Alan Johnston's kidnap
The Frontline Club

Death of a Soldier
The Digital Journalist

Rules Change for Photos of War Casualties
NPR

Female War Reporters Hide Sexual Abuse To Continue Getting Assignments
Judith Matloff

Weighing the risks - "BBC response to WSJ"
BBC News

A Reporter's Fate - The BBC held hostage in Gaza
WSJ

Crossing the line
CBC News

Al-Jazeera panel on the rights and safety of journalists
Ethan Zuckermann

Lifting the Veil on Jill Carroll
Radar Magazine

Good news from Iraq -- of courage and nightmares
Reuters

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Odds & Ends


2008 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism
Call for Entries

Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma 2008
Call for Entries

Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence & Trauma
Inaugural conference - Journalism in a Violent World


“Who cares about the laws of war in contemporary conflicts?”
Public Conversation Organised by LSE International Humanitarian Law Project


The Knight News Challenge
Call for Applications - Deadline 15 Oct


Fund for families of fixer casualties in Afghanistan
Frontline Club


Atwar Bahjat Award
Al Arabiya launches Atwar Bahjat Award recognising outstanding female journalists


DART CENTER OCHBERG FELLOWSHIPS IN JOURNALISM AND TRAUMA, 2007
Call for Nominations


The Rory Peck Awards 2007
Call for Entries

Security Training
These things can kill you,
but don't panic

Dave Barry, The Miami Herald
7 August, 2004

Personal Stories
Tales from Journalists on the Frontlines
- Dart Centre Europe -


INSI Quarterly Newsletter

Global Hostage Crisis Help Centre

AKE Security Briefings:
Afghanistan - 30/05/2008
Iraq - 29/05/2008

Kidnap Warning Somalia 20/12

News from other sources

Sri Lanka: Defence Ministry Lashes Out at War Reporting
05 June

India: Editor's House Attacked
05 June

Ghana: Editor's House Attacked
05 June

Iraq: Al-Iraqia TV cameraman injured in Basra
04 June

Serbia: Daily's Offices Evacuated After Bomb Threat
04 June

Venezuela: Newspaper Executive Slain in Caracas
03 June

Croatia: Journalist Beaten with Baseball Bats
03 June

Brazil: Journalists Accuse Police of Kidnapping and Torture
02 June

Pakistan: Security Men Manhandle Journalists
02 June

Russia: TV Crew Attacked During Rally
01 June

Afghanistan: Condition of Journalists in Herat is Worrying
31 May

Cameroon: Journalist Assaulted by Famous Football Player
31 May

Sri Lanka: Unauthorized visit to SLPI office by military personal
30 May

Afghanistan: Foreign Troops Shot at Journalists at Kabul Blast Site
29 May

Sri Lanka: Journalist Hacked to Death in Jaffna
28 May

Kenya: Western Photographer Found Dead in Nairobi
28 May

Montenegro: Investigative Reporter Attacked
28 May

Belarus: Journalist Assaulted
28 May

Malaysia: Photographer Injured
28 May

Ghana: Two Journalists Assaulted By Security Guards
27 May

Nepal: Two Newspaper Editors Threatened, One Assaulted in Kailali over Coverage of Maoist Party 27 May

Thailand: Attack on Reporter Linked to His Work
27 May

Bangladesh: Reporter Brutally Beaten
27 May

West Bank: Several Journalists Injured Covering Protests in Nil'in
27 May

India: Activists Set Fire to Copies of the Daily Andhra Jyothi
27 May

Zimbabwe: Freelance Reporter Beaten And Independent Weekly’s Latest Issue Torched
26 May

Venezuela: Newspaper Photographer Assaulted by Municipal Police
26 May

India: Sikh Hardliners Attack Punjabi Columnist 25 May

Sri Lanka: TV Crew Attacked and Equipment Destroyed
24 May

DR: Journalist's Car Fired Upon Amid Post-Electoral Tensions
24 May

Georgia: Journalists Attacked during parliamentary elections
23 May

Chile: Police Officer Strikes Photographer
23 May

Macedonia: TV Cameraman Beaten Up
23 May

Sri Lanka: Senior Journalist and Deputy Editor of Weekly Abducted and Severely Beaten
23 May

Morocco: Spanish News Photographer Beaten By Interior Minister Auxiliaries
23 May

Iraq: U.S. Sniper Kills Journalist in Baghdad
22 May

Pakistan: Journalist Shot Dead in Tribal Areas
22 May

Iraq: Kidnapped Journalist found Dead in Baquba
22 May

Burma: Troops Arrest Eight Journalists in Cyclone-hit Area
21 May

Bangladesh: Journalist Assaulted at Dhaka University
21 May

Zimbabwe: Journalist Assaulted in Mutare
20 May

Brazil: Shooting Attack on TV Reporter in S�o Paulo
20 May

Sudan: Al-Jazeera Appeals to UN to Protect Its Crew
20 May

Mexico: Journalist Assaulted by Police in Veracruz
20 May

Sri Lanka: Journalist Beaten, Editor Assaulted 20 May

Somalia: Journalists Flee to Ethiopia Fearing Al-Shabab "Intimidation" 17 May

Iraq: Police Beat Reuters News Photographer
17 May

Haiti: Official Investigation Blames US Troops for 2004 Death of Journalist Ricardo Ortega
16 May

Iraq: Watchdog Condemns "Intolerable Injustice" as Report Exposes United States Targeting and Killing of Journalists
15 May

Gaza: Reuters urges Israel answer on journalist killed
15 May

DRC: Journalist Receives Death Threats
15 May

Afghanistan: Female Journalist Stabbed
15 May

Bolivia: Number of Journalists Assaulted During Santa Cruz Autonomy Referendum 14 May

West Bank: Photojournalist Injured Covering Protests
14 May

Peru: Journalist Assaulted
14 May

Nigeria: Journalist Killed in Boat Mishap
14 May

Colombia: TV Journalists Assaulted by Anti-Riot Police in Medell�n
13 May

Israel: IDF Clarification on Movement of Journalists in Combat Areas
13 May

Peru: Reporter Wounded And Two Others Assaulted
13 May

Burundi: State TV Employee Killed and Cameraman Escapes Death in Separate Attack 13 May

Burma: Authorities Issues Restrictions on Journalists Covering Cyclone Damage
12 May

Nepal: Female Radio Journalist Roughed Up And Threatened With Murder
12 May

Guatemala: Journalist Killed
12 May

India: Journalist Killed in Crossfire in Kashmir
11 May

West Bank: Two Journalists Wounded by IDF During Demonstration
11 May

Lebanon: BBC Crew Under Fire
11 May

Iraq: Army officer attempts to "choke" AFP photographer in Basra
11 May

India: Journalist Injured by RAF in Nandigram
10 May

Lebanon: Watchdog Alarmed by Attacks on Pro-Government Media 09 May

Iraq: Mortar bomb slams into BBC office in Baghdad
09 May

Lebanon: Gunmen Force Shutdown of Pro-Govt TV 09 May

Sri Lanka: Attempt to Bar Foreign Media from Covering Eastern province Election
09 May

Azerbaijan: Attempt to Murder Opposition Journalist Agil Khalil
09 May

Lebanon: Gunmen force shutdown of pro-govt newspaper
09 May

Afghanistan: Newspaper Editor's Home Attacked
08 May

Mexico: Watchdog Call for Investigation into Disappearance of Journalist
08 May

Pakistan: Police Manhandle Journalist
08 May

Lebanon: Journalists Attacked in Protests
07 May

Turkey: Violence Against Journalists in Istanbul
07 May

Bolivia: Three Journalists Injured and TV Station Damaged by Fire
06 May

Russia: Two Journalists Attacked
06 May

Burma: Military Urged to Issue Press Visas to Foreign Media
06 May

Mexico: Chiapas-based journalists assaulted
05 May

Somalia: Vicious Attack on TV Journalist in Bossasso
05 May

Cambodia: Watchdog Alarmed by Police Attack on Journalist
05 May

Russia: TV journalist attacked in Siberia
05 May

Iraq: Gunmen shoot down female journalist in Mosul
04 May

Rights Group Probes "Serious Risks" Faced by European Journalists
03 May

Pakistan: Nine Journalists Killed and 75 Wounded in 2007
03 May

Bangladesh: Media Under "Severe Crisis" Since Emergency
03 May

Iraq: Watchdog Counts 197 Violations against journalists and media organisations over a year
03 May

Pakistan: Tribal Journalists Demands Protection
03 May

Qatar: Al Jazeera Cameraman Held For Over Six Years in Guantanamo Bay by US Is Returned to Sudan
02 May

Reporters Without Borders names 10 new "predators of press freedom"
02 May

Cambodia: Radio Free Asia Reporter Flees After "Death Threat"
01 May

Mexico: Journalist Kidnapped in Sonora
01 May

Peru: Journalist Goes Into Hiding After Suffering an Attempted Kidnapping
01 May

Turkey: Journalist Injured in May Day Clashes
01 May

USA: CPJ’s Impunity Index Ranks Countries Where Killers of Journalists Go Free
30 April

Mexico: Journalist’s Home Sprayed with Bullets
29 April

Afghanistan: Two Australian Journalists Wounded in Suicide Blast
29 April

Dominican Republic: Military and Journalists Call for Closer Relations
28 April

Senegal: Two Sports Journalists Wounded in Armed Ambush
28 April

South Korea: Journalist Injured by Chinese Demonstrators During Olympic Torch Relay in Seoul
28 April

Iraq: Cameraman killed north of Basra
25 April

Colombia: Paramilitaries Threaten Priest Who Runs Community Radio
25 April

Azerbaijan: Journalist's Car Set on Fire
25 April

India: Photo Journalist Among 2 Nepalis Killed in Train Mishap
25 April

Sri Lanka: Government bars photographers, censors news from war front
25 April

USA: Photographer Assaulted at High School
24 April

Iraq: Three Members of Beladi TV Crew Injured by Gunmen in Shooting
22 April

Zimbabwe: Journalist Reported Missing As Crackdown Against Press Intensifies
22 April

DRC: Journalist Beaten by Angolan Diplomat
21 April

Sri Lanka: Journalists in North Face Threats from Army
21 April

Mexico: "El Cinco" Newspaper Printer Abducted
21 April

Uganda: Reporter Killed in Road Accident
20 April

Zimbabwe: President of Journalists' Union Brutally Assaulted and Freelance Journalist Abducted
18 April

Zambia: Journalist Beaten by Police
18 April

West Bank: Reuters Photojournalist Injured by Rubber Bullet in Bil'In Protest
18 April

Malawi: Journalist Arrested and Beaten by Police
18 April

Bolivia: Two Filmmakers Kidnapped and Mistreated
18 April

Gaza: Israeli Shell Killed Reuters Cameraman
17 April

Nigeria: Jounralist manhandled in Imo State
17 April

Ukraine: Journalist Attacked
17 April

Gaza: Israeli Army Expresses Regret for Killing Journalist
16 April

Gaza: Reuters Cameraman Killed
16 April

Pakistan: Journalist Shot Dead in South West
14 April

Guatemala: Camera Operator Shot During Protest
14 April

Iraq: Kidnapped UK Journalist Freed in Basra 14 April

Peru: Journalists Assaulted While Covering Strike
14 April

Pakistan: Female Radio Journalist Attacked
14 April

Iraq: Detained AP photographer granted amnesty by Iraqi panel after 2 years in US custody
13 April

Azerbaijan: Opposition Reporter Threatened with Death
13 April

Afghanistan: TV Official Reportedly Beaten by Army Officer
12 April

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