The Nepal earthquake of April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, was the deadliest in the country’s recorded history and caused massive destruction. More than 8,000 people were killed and tens of thousands were left injured, homeless and severely traumatized. The earthquake and its more than 120 major aftershocks – many […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today said it was deeply concerned for the well-being of three detained Syrian human-rights defenders, including journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Mazen Darwish, who local activists say have been unaccounted for since early this month. Darwish, the founding president of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression […]

A proposal by Turkish officials to prohibit critical media from using state satellite broadcasting infrastructure just as the country is nearing general elections would amount to censorship, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Turkish media reported that Ankara public prosecutor Serdar Coşkun, head of the Bureau for Crimes against the Constitutional Order, wrote to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged lawmakers in Trinidad and Tobago to take into account concerns by media stakeholders over a proposed cybercrime law. The country’s Parliament is preparing for a third reading on a wide-ranging online crimes bill that targets, among other things, unauthorised data access, cyber-bullying and identity fraud. However, media groups, […]