The International Press Institute (IPI) is to participate in a panel discussion on Freedom of Speech and Self-Censorship at a two-day regional conference in Beirut on censorship, organised by the Lebanon-based SKeyes free media group. The organisation was founded following the assassination of An-Nahar journalist Samir Kassir in June 2005. Founded in 2009, SKeyes covers press freedom […]

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Turkey to pay a total of over 40,000 Euros to 20 Turkish journalists as compensation for having violated their rights. In two separate cases, the Court ruled on 26 January that Turkey had violated freedom of speech laws when it suspended five newspapers and sentenced a magazine […]

Sri Lankan independent journalist and political analyst Prageeth Ekneliyagoda has been missing since the evening of 24 January, just two days before a snap presidential election, amidst growing concerns that he may have been abducted for political reasons. As results for the election came in, on 27 January, state media declared incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa […]

One student was killed in the Venezuelan city of Merida on Monday in violence that erupted during protests against the government’s order to cable networks to stop broadcasting RCTV Internacional – which is opposed to Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chavez. Nine police officers were injured. The cable providers dropped the broadcaster on Sunday. Chavez forced RCTV […]