IPI’s Cuban ‘Justice Denied’ Journalist Omar Rodriguez Saludes has been freed from prison in Cuba and has landed in Madrid, his uncle, Miguel Saludes, told IPI by phone from Miami on Wednesday. Rodriguez’s arrival in Spain brings to at least seven the number of journalists who have travelled there after being released in recent days from […]

“I retain of him the image of a man of conviction, a man of principle, a man who had convictions he was willing to defend. He was someone who had a vision for human society, someone who fought for justice for all, and who was also a great defender of freedom of the press and […]

Yemeni freelancer and Al-Qaeda analyst Abdul Elah Shaia was released this morning after spending the night in the custody of intelligence officials, according to media reports. Shaia was abducted last night outside of a restaurant in Sanaa by three unknown men, who forced him into their car and sped away, Shaia’s colleague, Kamal Sharaf, who […]

International Press Institute (IPI) Director David Dadge today praised the expected release of Cuban journalists José Luis Garcia Paneque, Pablo Pancheco Ávila and Lester Luis González Pentón following apparently successful negotiations between President Raúl Castro and Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, Roman Catholic archbishop of Havana, brokered by visiting Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. However, […]