The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum welcome the release of VICE News reporters Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury, but calls on the authorities to ensure their Turkish colleague Mohammed Ismael Rasool is immediately released and the charges against him are dropped.

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum are calling for the release of all journalists still jailed in Ethiopia after a week in which six of their colleagues were freed.

Safety and the dangers facing journalists worldwide were the dominant themes on the opening day of the 67th World News Media Congress, currently underway in Washington D.C.