The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over the prosecution of Leadership group newspaper journalists Tony Amokeodo and Chibuzo Ukaibe. Reports said that Amokeodo, the Group’s news editor and Ukaibe, a political reporter, were re-arrested on April 15, and were charged the next day before a Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, with […]

H.E. Enrique Peña Nieto President of Mexico Residencia Oficial de Los Pinos, 11850, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal RE: Alleged threats against Veracruz journalists Vienna and Paris, April 18, 2013 Your Excellency, We are writing you on behalf of the International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) last week presented its view to leading Guyanese government officials that criminal defamation laws are an affront to the values of a democratic society and should be repealed. In a meeting with IPI delegates, Attorney General Anil Nandlall expressly agreed that journalists “should not go to jail for practising their […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the attempted bombing of the headquarters of Yemen Shabab TV and al-Masdar newspaper and called upon authorities to investigation the attacks and bring the perpetrators to justice. A report from the Freedom Foundation in Yemen, which quoted Yemen Shabab TV and al-Masdar newspaper, stated that on Wednesday an […]