Editors, media executives and leading journalists from around the globe will attend the IPI World Congress and 54th General Assembly, to be held at the Hotel Intercontinental Nairobi from 21-24 May 2005. President Mwai Kibaki, who won a landslide victory in the 2002 general elections, ending President Daniel arap Moi’s 24-year rule, will open the […]

His Excellency Hugo Chávez Fríaz President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Palacio de Miraflores Caracas Venezuela Fax: (+58212) 806 3221 Vienna, 7 December 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, strongly condemns the decision to promulgate a controversial media […]

“The protests of the people on the street have given way to real political freedoms in the Ukraine, freedoms which were unthinkable just a few days ago: the freedom to demonstrate, freedom of expression and press freedom.” — Serhiy Holovaty, Ukrainian Member of Parliament Speaking at an event organised by the International Press Institute at […]

On 6 November, Rita Csik, a journalist with the daily Nepszava newspaper, was charged with the “deliberate breach of a state secret” under Article 221 of the Hungarian Penal Code that is titled, “Violation of a State Secret,” which dates from the 1970’s. Csik’s prosecution arises from an article written by her in May 2004 […]