In a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama on the occasion of his official visit to Asia, the International Press Institute (IPI), the Vienna-based global network of editors, journalists and media executives dedicated to media freedom, highlighted the importance of press freedom and freedom of expression, not only as a universal human right, but also […]

An International Press Institute (IPI) advocacy mission will travel to Caracas, Venezuela, on 15 November for four days of meetings with publishers, editors and journalists from a broad range of media, as well as government officials, opposition leaders, and representatives of civil society, to investigate the current press freedom climate in the country. Venezuela was […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) will conduct a fact-finding mission to Ethiopia from 16-19 November 2009. IPI Director David Dadge will meet with representatives from a broad spectrum of the media, as well as government officials to discuss challenges to the media in the East African country. IPI has been involved in campaigning for a […]

Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a case for the repeal of criminal and seditious libel brought by the country’s national journalists’ association in February 2008, ruling that the provisions are in line with the country’s 1991 constitution and that “journalists are under no imminent threat,” IPI member Ibrahim Bah, Executive Director of […]