The Polish Ombudsman has criticised the possibility of imprisonment under Poland’s criminal defamation law, calling it a potential “constraint on public debate and the freedom of the press”. In an interview with the International Press Institute (IPI), the Ombudsman, Prof. Irena Lipowicz, said the following about the possibility of imprisonment set forth in Art. 212 […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the arrests this morning of Zambian editor and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Fred M’membe and journalist Mukosha Funga. Local sources informed IPI that Zambian police arrested M’membe, editor-in-chief of The Post, and Funga, a Post reporter, on charges of publishing classified information in violation of the State […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the detainment of another Jordanian journalist and urged authorities in Jordan to stem the escalation in reporters’ arrests. Jordan’s State Security Court (SSC) detained Al Ghad columnist Jihad Muheisen on Sunday, according to local press. Muheisen faces charges of undermining the regime and lèse-majesté over a Facebook post in […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) said today that it was troubled by ongoing threats against a Kosovo journalist by self-professed former militants and it called on authorities in Pristina to hold the perpetrators accountable. Local sources told SEEMO that Serbeze Haxhiaj, a journalist with public radio Radio Kosova, part of Radio Television […]