The International Press Institute (IPI) calls on representatives of the Italian Parliament to reject “draft law 1415”, a legislative proposal that threatens to limit journalists’ ability to provide the public with vital information. The draft law*, proposed by Italian Minister of Justice Angelino Alfano, has already passed in the lower house of parliament and is […]

As newspapers buckle under economic pressure, and the news industry struggles to make the transition from traditional subscription-based models to a profitable online business, an interestingly balanced panel met here on 9 June to discuss how to make this possible. Two journalists from traditional media organizations, Pete Clifton of the BBC, and Atte Jääskeläinen from […]

IPI Resolution on the Sentencing of US Journalists by North Korea IPI Repeats Call for Justice for Journalists Murdered in East Timor in 1975 IPI Resolution Against Efforts to Weaken Independent Media Councils IPI Resolution on Criminal Defamation in the EU IPI Resolution on Pressure on Critical Media in Venezuela IPI Resolution Urging Aid Agencies […]

Justice; that is the one thing the families of the slain British journalists, who make up two of the ‘Balibo Five’, want. Thirty-four years ago, as the Indonesian army amassed on the border of East Timor, British reporter Malcolm Rennie and cameraman Brian Peters, along with Australian TV reporter Greg Shackleton, soundman Tony Stewart, and […]