The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined calls for Russian authorities to release a photojournalist who was seized along with Greenpeace activists who sought to disrupt Arctic offshore drilling. A court in Murmansk on Thursday remanded Denis Sinyakov into custody for two months while prosecutors consider whether to bring piracy charges against him and 29 […]

Since the Egyptian military seized power on July 3, 2013, foreign and domestic journalists and news organisations working in the country have faced harassment, detention and broadcast prohibitions. Underscoring the challenges facing journalists in Egypt, International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie and Al-Jazeera Washington, D.C., Bureau Chief Abderrahim Foukara will discuss violations […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) on Friday joined more than 50 freedom of expression organisations in an open appeal to Moroccan authorities calling for the immediate release of editor Ali Anouzla. The full text of the statement appears below. *********************************************************** Open appeal to the Moroccan authorities Over 50 freedom of expression organisations call for immediate […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed dismay at reports of the abduction of Spanish journalist Marc Marginedas in Syria and demanded his immediate release. Marginedas, a special correspondent in Syria for the Barcelona-based newspaper El Periodico de Catalunya, went missing on Sept. 4. Yesterday, the online edition of El Periodico announced that the journalist […]