The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in 120 countries, sent an open letter today to the South Korean President, Roh Moo-hyun, calling on him to refuse to sign into law two media bills. Based on IPI’s analyses, if passed, the two bills, respectively called the “Act […]

His Excellency Roh Moo-hyun President of the Republic of Korea Cheong Wa Dae (Blue House) Seoul Republic of Korea Fax: +822 770 2209 / 770 2549 Vienna, 11 January 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, is writing to you to express its deep […]

On 15 December, the Bratislava regional court ruled that the daily Sme must pay three million Slovak koruny (approx. 77,395 EUR) as compensation to Supreme Court Judge Harald Stiffel for asserting that the judge was “partially responsible” for a sentence handed down to a Catholic priest in a “staged political trial” during the Communist regime. […]

On 9 December, U.S. District Judge Ernest C. Torres sentenced Jim Taricani, a Rhode Island investigative reporter with WJAR television, to six months’ house arrest. Prior to the sentencing hearing, on 18 November, Judge Torres had found Taricani guilty of criminal contempt. The case arose from Taricani’s refusal to divulge the name of the source […]