While world leaders await action from Syria on surrendering its chemical weapons stockpile, at least nine foreign journalists and numerous Syrian journalists have been kidnapped or remain missing inside the country since fighting began in 2011, research from the International Press Institute (IPI) shows. The number of journalists kidnapped every year has increased since the beginning […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) will host an event on Sept. 13 in London to showcase and discuss the winning projects of the IPI News Innovation Contest, in the context of media innovation sustainability, in partnership with The Guardian newspaper and Journalism.co.uk (which runs the news:rewired conference), and with the support of Google Inc. Mark […]

Three weeks before parliamentary elections in Cameroon, the government’s National Communications Council (NCC) has ordered the suspension of 11 media organisations, accusing them of unprofessionalism and unethical behaviour. The suspension of seven newspapers, three radio outlets and a television station constitutes a violation of press freedom in the West African country, the International Press Institute […]

The Parliament of Grenada has approved legislation that would punish the sending of “offensive” electronic communications with up to one year in prison, Grenadian media reported. The Electronic Crimes Act had been withdrawn in early July after the International Press Institute (IPI) and other groups expressed concern about a potential chilling effect on free speech in […]