Eine Gruppe zehn unabhängiger Journalisten und Medien-Anwälte aus der Türkei waren, unter anderem, Diskussionsteilnehmern der Veranstaltung „Turkey’s Media Under Siege des Internationalen Presse Institutes (IPI) in Wien am 22. Februar 2017. Die Teilnehmer der Diskussionsrunde, moderiert von der österreichischen Journalistin Petra Ramsauer, besprachen die derzeitige Lage der Medienfreiheit in der Türkei unter Präsident Recep Tayyip […]

Over 20 armed police officers raided the home of Fred M’membe, editor-in-chief of the now-closed newspaper The Post, and arrested his wife Mutinta Mazoka M’membe on Wednesday. Police arrived at M’membe’s home with a search warrant at around 5 p.m. and arrested his wife after she argued with officers and tore up a warrant they […]

  The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned efforts by Venezuela’s government to block CNN en Español, which officials accused of broadcasting “war propaganda” after it reported claims that Venezuela illegally sold visas and passports to individuals with possible links to terrorism. The broadcaster was taken off air for at least 70 days on Wednesday […]

Independent online news portal Doha News has blasted the Qatari government’s ongoing block of the website in the country, saying that the nearly-three-month-old effort amounted to censorship. The country’s two telecommunications providers, Ooredoo and Vodafone, have blocked access to Doha News since Nov. 30 and the site is only accessibly through a Virtual Private Network […]