The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on authorities in the Bahamas to ensure that the rights of the media are respected ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections. Bahamians will go to the polls on May 7 to determine all 41 seats in the country’s House of Assembly, the lower legislative chamber. Traditionally, the leader of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) today announced an agreement for increased collaboration between the two organizations.  In the jointly issued press release, IPI Executive Director Alison McKenzie welcomed the move, noting that it would bolster efforts by the two organizations to “continue helping journalists around […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), strongly condemns the latest attacks on journalists in Greece. On Apr. 5, 2012, Mario Lolos, the president of the Greek Photojournalists’ Union, was covering an anti-government rally on Syntagma Square, downtown Athens, when a policeman allegedly hit him several […]

Physical and verbal attacks against journalists are continuing unabated in Montenegro. The latest victim was Marko Milacic, a correspondent for the Belgrade-based daily Press in Montenegro. Milacic entered a restaurant and was told by a local businessman that he should not mention him in the media. The businessman’s bodyguard allegedly pushed Milacic and injured his […]