The trial of journalists from independent daily newspaper Cumhuriyet is set to conclude this week in Turkey in a four-day hearing from April 23 to 27 to be held at Silivri Prison, on the outskirts of Istanbul. Prosecutors are demanding prison terms of up to 43 years on charges that the paper’s news reports and its […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined other international free expression organisations in a demonstration outside an Istanbul courthouse prior to the start of the trial against 17 journalists from Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper. In an address at the demonstration, IPI Director of Advocacy and Communications Steven M. Ellis urged authorities to release the journalists and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over the imposition of emergency powers in Zambia and recent comments made by the inspector-general of police that some publications could be closed while the 90-day state of emergency was in place. On July 5, Zambian President Edgar Lungu initiated a “state of threatened public emergency” and […]

Marking the anniversary of the murder of prominent investigative journalist Pavel Sheremet in a car bombing in Ukraine’s capital, the International Press Institute (IPI) today joined international groups in urging the country to carry out a thorough, independent, and effective investigation of the crime. Sheremet, a Belarus-born journalist who had been working in Ukraine for […]