Lea este comunicado español The International Press Institute (IPI), writers and members of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) have urged all OAS member states, permanent observers and other potential donors to reconsider their financial support of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which the body says it urgently needs to continue to […]

A court in Myanmar on Monday jailed BBC Burmese Service reporter Nay Myo Lin for three months with hard labour for allegedly attacking a policeman while covering student protests last year in Mandalay. A Mandalay court found Lin, 40, guilty of assaulting an on-duty police officer who had reportedly knocked a man off a motorbike. […]

The International Press institute (IPI) today called on Sri Lanka’s government to bring to justice those behind the recent beating of a journalist who was attacked and struck in the head with a pole. Freddy Gamage, editor of website Meepura and convener of Sri Lanka’s Professional Web Journalists Association was walking towards his car after […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) urged Indonesia to ensure the safety of journalists after a reporter covering demonstrations related to the country’s 1965 anti-communist massacre was threatened with violence and forced into hiding. On Thursday, Rappler.com reporter Febriana Firdaus attempted to cover the second day of a gathering in Jakarta of over 300 Islamic hardliners […]