Institute for War and Peace Reporting
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| Formation | October 1950 |
| Sponsored by | National Endowment for Democracy, Norway/Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Sigrid Rausing Trust |
| Subpage | •Institute for War and Peace Reporting/Board |
Institute for War and Peace Reporting (or IWPR for short) claims to be an "independent not-for profit organisation that works with media and civil society to promote positive change in conflict zones, closed societies and countries in transition around the world." In reality, it is a tool for the US government, to influence international perceptions, propagandize the local population in targeted countries and create networks of regime change activists. It runs programs in more than 30 countries, in places as diverse as Syria, Cuba, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Iraq, the Balkans, Sudan, and Uganda.
It has coordinating offices in the Washington and the Amsterdam, and a global headquarters in London. IWPR supports local reporters, citizen journalists and civil society activists in countries in conflict, crisis and transition around the world, ie places where Washington has a foreign policy objective. It trains, mentors and provides platforms for professional and citizen reporters; builds up the institutional capacity of media and civic groups; and works with partners to remove barriers to free expression, robust public debate and citizen engagement.
Leadership
IWPR is an international network of three partner not-for-profit organisations governed by a board of trustees composed of senior journalists, peace-building and human rights experts, regional specialists, and business and NGO professionals. The Chairman of the International Board of Directors is David Bell, ex-chairman of the Financial Times. Other members include known deep state operative and propagandist Anne Applebaum, George Packer, and Christina Lamb, among others.
Notable participants
Zaina Erhaim – Syria project coordinator in Turkey. Malala Yousafzai participated in the "Open Minds" project, which brought journalism training and discussions of current affairs to 42 schools in Pakistan. The program also edited their work and put them in touch with local newspapers.
Untimely deaths of members
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.[1]
