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IPI condemns continued harassment of journalists covering events in Ethiopia

According to information provided to the International Press Institute (IPI), journalists reporting on violent street clashes in Addis Ababa between police and students protesting over the 15 May parliamentary elections have come under increased pressure from the authorities. On 7 June, the Information Ministry revoked the accreditation of five Ethiopian journalists, Taddesse Engidaw and Assegdech […]

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IPI denounces journalists’ mass arrest in Nepal

Based on information provided to IPI, on 8 June, police arrested some 50 journalists in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu. The arrests came after journalists marched in protest through streets close to the royal palace. The protests allegedly follow the decision of the Nepalese Supreme Court to reverse a closure order issued by the Ministry for Information […]

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IPI concerned about the ongoing media crackdown in Uzbekistan

According to information provided to IPI, journalists were barred from covering last month’s events in Uzbekistan. For several days after the unrest in Andizhan, eastern Uzbekistan, on 13 May, all local and foreign journalists were prevented from reporting in the city. The army and police sealed off the city and those journalists already present were […]

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IPI condemns deportation of Professor Kenneth Good from Botswana, says decision undermines country’s position as one of Africa’s freest

Based on information provided to IPI, on 1 June, Professor Kenneth Good, a political science lecturer at the University of Botswana for the past 15 years, was deported from the country by legal order and a decree from President Festus Mogae. Good’s deportation came only hours after the Lobatse High Court upheld the government’s right […]

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