The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined calls urging Egyptian authorities to release four Al Jazeera English (AJE) journalists detained in Cairo on Sunday. State security agents reportedly interrogated the four journalists yesterday in connection with interviews they conducted with members of the Muslim Brotherhood, which the government recently labelled a “terrorist organisation”. Egypt’s Interior […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed alarm at a recent bomb attack targeting journalists from the daily Vijesti in Podgorica, Montenegro. The explosion happened on Thursday at approximately 11:30 p.m. under windows of the office of Vijesti’s editor-in-chief, Mihailo Jovovic, causing material damage to […]

Freedom of the press came under threat in 2013 in ways – and in some countries – that would have seemed inconceivable when the year began. As the International Press Institute (IPI) today launches its “World Press Freedom Review”, highlighting press freedom violations over the past two years, one sobering development in 2013 was the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI)’s News Innovation Platform (IPI-NIP) will host a one-day symposium on digital media, with a focus on sustainability, on Jan. 20, 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event, titled “ChallengeSSS of the New Age” will consist of three components: “Sustainability”, “Security” and “Self-Regulation”. “Sustainability” will feature an interview with Burt Herman, co-founder […]