Myanmar is currently readying itself for upcoming elections set to take place on Nov. 8, with 30 million voters expected to take part; an election broadly seen as the most crucial step, among other positive developments, in the country’s transition toward democracy.

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed deep sadness at the news of the death of former IPI Executive Board Member and respected Nigerian journalist Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf, who was tragically killed in a stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia on Thursday. The first female editor at the Sunday Triumph Kano, Bilkisu served on IPI’s Executive […]

Journalism in Turkey is “agonizing under unbearable pressure”, leading Turkish journalist and Chair of the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Turkish National Committee Kadri Gürsel said on Monday in an address to participants gathered in Warsaw for Europe’s largest annual human rights conference. Gürsel made the remarks during a session chaired by OSCE Representative on Freedom […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed news that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, but it said much more needed to be done to improve press freedom in the country. “We are pleased that this years-long nightmare for our colleagues appears finally to be drawing […]