As Zambia prepares for the announcement of election results, IPI calls on the future government to respect press freedom and implement long-standing legislation that would free the broadcasting regulator and public broadcaster from government oversight. Zambians voted for the President and National Assembly on Tuesday 20 September, in a vote that has so far been […]

Journalist Li Xiang, 30, of Luoyang Television Station in Henan province was found stabbed to death on Monday 19 September, online news reports say. Li had been stabbed more than ten times, and his computer bag was missing from the scene of the crime, reports say. It is believed that the reporter had been investigating […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today formally announced the launch of its annual World Congress, to be held in Taipei, Taiwan, from 24-27 September 2011. This is the second time Taiwan is hosting the Vienna-based press freedom organization’s annual World Congress, 12 years after IPI first held its annual Congress in Taiwan, in 1999. The […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on the United Kingdom’s attorney general to reject efforts to force the Guardian newspaper to disclose sources of its reports about the alleged victims of hacking carried out by the News of the World. The Guardian reported yesterday that Attorney General Dominic Grieve’s office said he would rule […]