At the start of 2013, China’s Southern Weekly newspaper wrote an editorial imploring the ruling Party to live-up to its reforms. But the appeal was revised by a provincial chief into a paean to the Communist Party. As a response, the journalists at Southern Weekly penned a series of memos calling for the swift removal of […]

Where does accurate reporting on a presidential candidate end and “indirect” promotion of the candidate begin? That’s the question facing Ecuadorean media outlets as they try to navigate an ambiguous legal landscape ahead of the country’s Feb. 17th presidential vote. The confusion began last February, when current leader as well as election front-runner Rafael Correa […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today appealed to Dragan Djilas, mayor of the city of Belgrade and president of the Democratic Party in Serbia, to drop his 120-billion-dinar (€1.05 billion) lawsuit […]

H.E. Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh President of the Republic of The Gambia State House Banjul, The Gambia   Dear President Jammeh, We, the undersigned organizations working to promote the compliance of states to their international and regional human rights obligations, are writing to bring to your attention a series of abuses by the National Intelligence Agency […]