Nasrin Sotoudeh is a leading human rights lawyer and journalist respected for her defense of the rights of women and children in Iran. She defended political activists and protesters arrested following the disputed presidential elections in June 2009. Sotoudeh was detained on September 4 2010 and charged with “propaganda against the state,” and “acting against […]

The International Press Institute spoke recently with America’s Sue Wilson, author of the blog SueWilsonReports.com and Emmy-winning director of the media reform documentary, “Broadcast Blues.” The sometimes controversial broadcast journalist spoke to us about fairness and balance in the media, her quest for more voice on radio and the “attack” on Julian Assange. Watch the clip from “Broadcast Blues” […]

This editorial was originally published on the front page of the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper, on Dec. 21, 2010, and is reprinted with permission. Adam Michnik is the editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza. He is also a historian, essayist and political commentator. He was a leading organiser of democratic opposition in Communist Poland, and was imprisoned by the authorities for […]

Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, a celebrated Bangladeshi journalist, has made it to the jury panel that will pick the winner of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize from 2011 to 2013. In selecting Bulbul for the jury, UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova mentioned Bulbul’s “profound attachment to the principle of press freedom and the considerable […]