Read this feature in English Desde que la Ley de Seguridad Ciudadana, conocida como la “Ley Mordaza”, entrara en vigor el pasado 30 de junio, han proliferado las organizaciones que han denunciado ante distintos estamentos judiciales su inconstitucionalidad, para unos, o la vulneración de derechos humanos fundamentales en algunos de sus artículos, para otros. A […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined with 23 other free expression groups in an open letter calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to release imprisoned Syrian activist and lawyer Mazen Darwish and two of his colleagues. The groups signing yesterday’s letter are members of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), a global network of […]

A Myanmar court’s decision sentencing two journalists to prison at hard labour for allegedly defaming a military officer shows the need for the country to enact legal reforms to guarantee respect for media freedom, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. A court in the southern state of Mon yesterday handed two-month prison sentences to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the ongoing detention in Turkey of Mehmet Baransu, a columnist for daily newspaper Taraf. A court in Istanbul yesterday declined a request to release Baransu, who has been held since March 1 on allegations that he procured, publicised and then destroyed documents related to the Turkish state’s interests […]