Swedish journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye were on Thursday acquitted in an Ethiopian court of conspiring to commit acts of terrorism, but still face charges of supporting the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), which Ethiopia deems a terrorist organization, and of entering the country illegally, news reports said. The reporter pair had already admitted […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of publishers, editors, and leading journalists, joins the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) in condemning the blockade of newspapers in Kerala orchestrated by the trade-union wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. CPI(M) was apparently angered at reports by the newspapers. For the past 13 days, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the arrest and pre-trial detention of Turkish publisher and free speech activist Ragip Zarakolu. Zarakolu – director of the Belge Publishing House, a member of the Turkish PEN Center and chair of the Freedom to Publish Committee of the Turkish Publishers Association – was among approximately 40 suspects […]

International groups again raised concern last week over the state of media freedom in the Republic of Macedonia / Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. A joint delegation of freedom of expression and media development groups – including the International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) – did […]