At least 13 journalists suffered injuries and two were detained on Saturday in Istanbul as police again used tear gas and water cannons to clear demonstrators from Taksim Square. News reports from Turkey indicated that the journalists were allegedly beaten by police officers or wounded by rubber bullets, tear gas canisters and pepper spray. The […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of a journalists in Egypt last week and expresses its concern for the safety of journalists covering the anti-government demonstrations there. IPI urges authorities to protect the rights of the media to peacefully cover the protests. According to international reports, a journalist was killed and seven […]

A number of members of the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations have approved a resolution expressing concern over a new media law recently implemented by the Republic of Ecuador. Among other troubling provisions, the law establishes a state media council with the power to punish the press. IPI will shortly publish a comprehensive analysis […]

A year after becoming the first Caribbean country to decriminalise libel, Grenada last week appeared to take a step in the opposite direction after its lower house of Parliament passed a sweeping cyber-crimes bill that includes a provision for online defamation, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. According to a copy of the Electronic […]