Dorothy Parvaz was released from Iranian custody late last night, according to a statement the International Press Institute (IPI) received from Parvaz’s former colleague and friend, Kristen Young. Parvaz, an American, Canadian and Iranian citizen working for Al Jazeera English, had been held incommunicado since 29 April, when she arrived in Damascus to cover the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is relieved at the release of online journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, editor of the online daily NetPress, on Monday. Kavumbagu was charged with treason under the penal code of Burundi, and sentenced to eight months and a fine of 100,000 Bfu (56 euro) on a lesser charge of publishing an article […]

Journalist Khaled Sid Mohand, a reporter for French newspaper Le Monde and Radio France, participated in a Q&A with the International Press Institute (IPI) and Wissam Tarif of human rights NGO Insan about the 23 days he spent in a Syrian detention facility. Arrested in a Damascus café on 9 April, Mohand was held for nearly a […]

The wife of Andrei Sannikov, an activist arrested for allegedly organizing and participating in a political rally against Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on 19 December, has herself been handed a suspended sentence, Reuters reported on Monday. Irina Khalip, correspondent for the Moscow-based Novaya Gazeta and a member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), was […]