The International Press Institute (IPI) last week sent a letter to Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie urging the newly re-elected leader to decriminalise defamation offences and thereby bring the nation’s press-related laws in line with international standards. Under the Bahamian Penal Code, individuals convicted of intentional libel face up to two years in prison. Seditious […]

At least 48 journalists have been killed in the line of duty in Pakistan in the last 10 years, and 35 of them were deliberately targeted and murdered because of their work.  In 2012 alone, five journalists were killed in the country, according to IPI’s Death Watch.  For every journalist who has been deliberately targeted […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed grave concern at the sentencing of Cuban reporter José Antonio Torres to 14 years in prison for espionage. A journalist for the state-run newspaper Granma, Torres was detained on March 11, 2011, shortly after publishing a pair of articles containing criticism of a government aqueduct project near the […]

VA media building in Gaza was hit by Israeli missiles for the second time in two days, resulting in the death of a leader from the militant group Islamic Jihad and the injury of several others, reports said. This was the second time that the building has been targeted within the last 36 hours. Reuters […]