The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 40 other human rights organisations in calling on Bahrain to end reprisals against a journalist accused of unlawfully working for international media and to respect all journalists’ right to report. Nazeeha Saeed, an award-winning journalist […]

The conviction of journalist and IPI Executive Board member Maria Ressa is highly deplorable and marks a sad day for press freedom in the Philippines, the International Press Institute (IPI) said.  The Manila Regional Trial today convicted Ressa, CEO of the news website Rappler, and former Rappler writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. on charges of cyber […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today expressed grave concern over the declining press freedom and intimidation of journalists by government officials in Sudan.  In a letter to Prime Minister Dr Abdalla Hamdok, IPI called on him to take immediate action to end […]

This week’s criminal conviction of IPI Executive Board member Maria Ressa of the Philippines online news site Rappler and former Rappler writer Reynaldo Santos Jr threatens to see journalists jailed while chilling new voices around the region. Across the Asia-Pacific region, new digital media like Rappler have been bringing a critical overlay of accountability journalism. […]