Azerbaijan should decriminalise defamation, not broaden it to target online media, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. A parliamentary committee on Tuesday discussed a draft bill that would expand the crimes of slander and insult to apply to information posted online. The crimes currently apply to public statements and information transmitted through mass media. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed an Australian court’s decision to uphold the right to confidentiality of sources in the case of two Australian journalists and urged the Australian government to introduce extensive and uniform shield laws. On April 18, two Fairfax Media journalists, Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie, won their appeal case in […]

On World Press Freedom Day, the International Press Institute (IPI) joined 13 other organizations in condemning journalist Eskinder Nega’s 18 year prison sentence, which was upheld by an Ethiopian court yesterday. The full text of the statement is below. Ruling by Ethiopia’s Supreme Court in Eskinder Nega Case Another Missed Opportunity Today, Freedom Now, Amnesty […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned an attack on Mufail Limani, editor-in-chief of the Kosovo public broadcaster Radio Television Kosovo (RTK). In the early morning hours yesterday, the entrance door of Limani’s private house was set on fire with a gas tank that exploded. […]