As Iran marked the 31st anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution on Thursday, amid reports of clashes between opposition supporters and police, the authorities attempted to disrupt the flow of information by preventing journalists from covering opposition activity, drastically slowing Internet service in Iran, and shutting down text messaging services, according to news reports. An […]

The United States military released Reuters photographer Ibrahim Jassam Mohammed on Wednesday after detaining him at Camp Cropper in Iraq for 17 months without charge. “We welcome the decision to release Jassam,” said IPI Director David Dadge. “However, we remain concerned by the fact that the US military felt it acceptable to hold him for […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is co-sponsoring a panel discussion and ‘Webinar’ on the erosion of a free press, hosted by the University of Missouri’s Reynolds Institute of Journalism. Other sponsors are the National Freedom of Information Coalition and the American Society of News Editors. The session will feature the following speakers: Milton Coleman, deputy […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) strongly condemns the attack on TV SKAT in Bulgaria. On 3 February 2010, the premises of the Varna office of Bulgarian TV SKAT were attacked with a Molotov cocktail, following a similar attack on the head office of TV SKAT in Burgas just one day previously, on 2 February […]