The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today welcomed the announcement that a Polish court has suspended the controversial purchase of newspaper group Polska Press by state-controlled oil company PKN Orlen. On Monday April 12, the Court of Competition and Consumer Protection in Warsaw […]

Myanmar has charged six journalists, including a correspondent for the Associated Press, with violating the public order as the country’s authorities step up their campaign to silence media coverage of pro-democracy protests. The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today repeated its call on […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the arrest of Egyptian journalist Jamal Al-Jaml and demanded his immediate release. Al-Jaml, who is known for his criticism of the Egyptian government, was arrested on February 22 upon his arrival at Cairo airport from […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the politically motivated jailing of yet another journalist in Belarus and called for her immediate release. On March 2, a court in Minsk sentenced Katsiaryna Barysevich, a reporter at the independent online portal Tut.by, to […]