An appellate court in the Dominican Republic yesterday threw out the conviction of a journalist who had been sentenced to three months in prison for defamation last September. A three-judge panel of the Appeals Court for the National District (Santo Domingo) ordered a retrial in the case of Melton Pineda, who had been found guilty […]

The 5th United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Forum will be held in Vienna, Austria, on Feb 27-28. Two sessions on Wednesday afternoon will discuss how freedom of the media, media pluralism and diversity of media content contribute to fostering public debate, democracy and awareness of diverse opinions. IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie will […]

A delegation of the International Press Institute has completed a weeklong research mission to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza that focused on the current status of conflict coverage by local media. The team included: IPI World Press Freedom Hero Daoud Kuttab, who runs Ammannet.net in Jordan; IPI Senior Press Freedom Adviser Naomi Hunt; and […]

At least 18 journalists were injured in Bangladesh Friday when supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami Islamist party attacked them, shouting slogans following Friday’s Juma weekly prayers in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. Nineteen Islamist organisations staged demonstrations. Talking to journalists near the Baitul Mukarram national mosque, Md Nazmul, deputy commissioner of police in Motijheel division, told The […]