The International Press Institute today called on the Iranian government to stop jailing reporters and bloggers and to lift any restrictions on their freedom to move and report freely. In a letter to the Iranian ambassador to Austria, IPI Director David Dadge said, “The Iranian people and the world have a right to information as […]

IPI today called on Iranian authorities to honour their reassurances, made earlier in the week, that journalists would be allowed to report freely on developments in the country, rocked by violent clashes since last Friday’s contested election results. As protesters gathered on the streets of Tehran, the Iranian government cracked down on foreign news networks, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) calls on representatives of the Italian Parliament to reject “draft law 1415”, a legislative proposal that threatens to limit journalists’ ability to provide the public with vital information. The draft law*, proposed by Italian Minister of Justice Angelino Alfano, has already passed in the lower house of parliament and is […]

As newspapers buckle under economic pressure, and the news industry struggles to make the transition from traditional subscription-based models to a profitable online business, an interestingly balanced panel met here on 9 June to discuss how to make this possible. Two journalists from traditional media organizations, Pete Clifton of the BBC, and Atte Jääskeläinen from […]