Last week IPI released a statement about an attempt – made under the Official Secrets Act – to compel the Guardian newspaper to reveal a confidential source from its coverage of the News Of The World hacking scandal. The newspaper said Scotland Yard applied for a production order this month “in order to seek evidence […]

At the IPI World Congress 2011 in Taipei, Taiwan, attention on Monday focused on the role of social media as a catalyst for the ‘Arab Spring’ revolutions. Speaking on a panel titled “Social Media Revolutions: The Media and the Uprisings in North Africa, the Middle East, and Elsewhere”, Global Post founder Charles Sennott said: “When […]

The International Press Institute is concerned about the recent hacking of journalists’ and news outlets’ Twitter accounts, both in Venezuela and in the United States. On 3 September, three critical Venezuelan journalists, three columnists and five opposition activists were unable to access their Email and Twitter accounts because their passwords had been stolen, EFE reported. […]

Reporter Yusuf Al Haj and Editor Ibrahim Al Mammari of the Muscat-based tabloid Azzaman are appealing to a higher court, after being sentenced yesterday to five months in prison for insulting the Oman Justice Minister, Mohamed al-Hanai, reports said. The sentences as well as an order to close the newspaper have been suspended pending appeal, […]