The International Press Institute (IPI) today cautiously welcomed the exclusion, in a resolution approved on Friday by an Organisation of American States (OAS) Special General Assembly, of provisions designed to weaken the Special Rapporteurship for Freedom of Expression, the bloc’s free-speech watchdog. Most significantly, the government of Ecuador – and its allies in Venezuela, Bolivia, […]

The office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denied 18 Palestinian journalists access to cover U.S. President Barack Obama’s official visit to Ramallah on Thursday for “security reasons”, according to local sources. Those banned for “security reasons” included journalists who work for pro-Hamas media, but also journalists working for media close to the Palestinian Authority […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Guatemalan authorities to conduct a swift and comprehensive investigation into the killing of journalist Jaime Napoleón Jarquín Duarte on Wednesday, March 22. According to reports, Jarquín was chatting with three friends in a small store in Ciudad Pedro de Álvaro, in the municipality of Moyuta, along Guatemala’s southern […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned about the renewed harassment of Gambian journalist Babucarr Ceesay, although it was relieved hear of his release on Monday, March 11 after spending three days in custody. Ceesay, who is vice president of the Gambian Press Union (GPU) and a correspondent for the Kenya-headquartered Nation Media Group, was arrested on […]