The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the release on Saturday of Miami Herald journalist Jim Wyss after 48 hours in Venezuelan custody. Venezuelan authorities took Wyss, the Herald’s Bogota-based Andean bureau chief, into custody on Thursday near the Colombian border, apparently after the journalist requested an interview with local military officials. Wyss was said […]

Two leading media organisations today called for the unconditional release of imprisoned Ethiopian journalists and pledged during a joint press freedom mission in the country to help improve the working and legislative environment for news media in Ethiopia. The International Press Institute (IPI) and World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) urged the government […]

In a milestone achievement for press freedom in the Caribbean, the Jamaican Parliament has approved a bill fully abolishing the offence of criminal defamation. Following a unanimous Senate vote in July, Jamaica’s House of Representatives on Nov. 5 passed the Defamation Bill 2013, which revamps the country’s libel legislation to better reflect international standards. The new […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today expressed outrage following a Turkish court’s decision yesterday sentencing five journalists to life in prison. According to local media, a court in Istanbul handed the journalists – Füsun Erdoğan, Bayram Namaz, İbrahim Çiçek, Ziya Ulusoy and Arif Çelebi – […]