The publisher of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Isagani Yambot, a long-time member of the International Press Institute (IPI), passed away on Friday, March 3, succumbing to a heart attack. He was 77 years old. Yambot, known in the Philippines for his staunch defence of press freedom and independent journalism, enjoyed great respect among journalists and […]

IPI announced on Tuesday that it would be honouring Sir Étienne Dupuch OBE posthumously for being the world’s longest-serving editor, at the IPI World Congress 2012 in Trinidad and Tobago in June. Born in 1899, Sir Étienne served as editor and publisher of the Nassau Tribune, in the Bahamas, for an astounding 54 years. Sir […]

On 5 March, as online journalist Eskinder Nega was scheduled to return to court in a trial in which he faces terrorism charges, the International Press Institute (IPI) sent an open letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, asking him to speak out against the use of anti-terrorism legislation against media members in Ethiopia. […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), welcomes amendments to the defamation law in Albania. Two sets of reforms, both to the civil and penal code, were voted in on Feb. 17 and Mar. 1, 2012. The penal code amendments included the full repeal of four […]