The Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) is an independent nonprofit organization that claims to train and provide publishing opportunities for professional and citizen journalists.

History

IWPR was founded in 1991 under the name Yugofax. Initially it was a

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that reported on the troubling developments throughout the

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from a balanced perspective. As the conflict developed into an all out war, Yugofax newsletter changed its name to Balkan War Report. Eventually, in late 1995, after the

Dayton Peace Accord The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords ( Croatian: ''Daytonski sporazum'', Serbian and Bosnian: ''Dejtonski mirovni sporazum'' / Дејтонски мир� ...

was signed ending the war in Bosnia, the newsletter expanded its area of focus to other global trouble spots (initially mainly focusing on ex-

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republics) and adjusted its name to War Report. In 1998, the newsletter changed its name again to the Institute for War & Peace Reporting and registered as a

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Deaths of members

On June 7, 2007, IWPR journalist

Sahar Hussein al-Haideri Sahar Hussein al-Haideri ( ar, سحر حسين الحيدري, July 15, 1962 – June 7, 2007) was an Iraqi female print and radio journalist. She was murdered by extremists on June 7, 2007, becoming at the time the 108th journalist, including t ...

, age 44, was murdered by gunmen as she left her home in

Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second larg ...

. IWPR is establishing a journalists' assistance fund in her name. On May 2, 2015, the previous IWPR Iraq director, Ammar Al Shahbander, was killed in a car bomb attack, along with up to 17 other people. On October 18, 2015, the IWPR acting Iraq director, Jacqueline Anne Sutton (a.k.a. Jacky Sutton), age 50, was found hanged in a bathroom stall of Istanbul's Atatürk International Airport. She had been on her way to Irbil. On 6 July 2020,

Hisham al-Hashimi Hisham al-Hashimi ( ar, هشام الهاشمي; 9 May 1973 – 6 July 2020) was an Iraqi historian and researcher in security and strategic affairs and extremist groups, and a specialist on the subject of the Islamic state and its supporters. He ...

was seriously wounded outside his home in Zayouna, Baghdad from an attack by gunmen on 3 motorbikes. He died in Ibn Al-Nafees Hospital shortly after arrival.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Institute For War And Peace Reporting Charities based in London Democracy activists International human rights organizations International organisations based in London Journalism organizations in Europe Organizations established in 1991