A well-known Guyanese newspaper columnist and human-rights activist was assaulted late Wednesday night after speaking at a public vigil near the country’s parliament building in Georgetown, the latest incident in what he believes to be a government-sponsored campaign to silence him. Freddie Kissoon, who writes for the independent Kaieteur News, told the International Press Institute […]

IPI joined members of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) and other human rights groups in condemning the three year prison term handed down to human rights defender Nabeel Rajab on Thursday, and calling for the release of all activists jailed for exercising their right to free expression. Nabeel heads the Bahrain Centre for […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), and the IPI Austrian National Committee, today expressed concern over the treatment of an Austrian Press Association (APA) photographer by far-right politicians in the Austrian state of Carinthia. On Thursday, as reported by Austria’s public broadcaster (ORF) and other Austrian news outlets, controversy broke out in the Carinthia state parliament […]

Egypt will prosecute two journalists for their criticism of newly-elected President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to news reports. Tawfiq Okasha, owner of Al Faraeen TV station, is to be tried for “incitement to murder” of the president, while Islam Afifi, chief editor of Al Dustour newspaper, is charged with publishing “false information” […]