The International Press Institute (IPI) today blasted an Ecuadorean court’s decision to jail a journalist and three executives of critical opposition daily El Universo for libelling President Rafael Correa, and to impose $40 million in fines against the defendants and the newspaper. A court in Guayaquil on Wednesday sentenced columnist Emilio Palacio and the three […]

Egypt may get a freedom of information law, according to Al Masry Al Youm, but it comes in the wake of renewed harassment of the media and revival of the infamous Information Ministry that was eliminated following the January 25 revolution. “The proposed law would establish a process by which Egyptian citizens can access government […]

News reporters working for Zambian local television station Muvi Television were on Monday brutally beaten, purportedly by supporters of the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) in Lusaka West.  Although the government has called for the prosecution of the perpetrators, IPI is concerned about a culture of impunity for political party supporters that those who […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), joins the Croatian Journalists ´Association (HND) in demanding that Croatia´s public prosecutor investigate death threats allegedly made by top military officials against Croatian journalist Drago Hedl. Hedl, who works for the Zagreb-daily Jutarnji List, has been writing about war crimes […]