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IPI concerned by FIFA embargo on World Cup image

On 12 October, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international governing body of football, announced new rules on the use of digital images taken during the 2006 World Cup final in Germany. According to the new rules, electronic media will only be allowed to use digital images after the expiration of one hour […]

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IPI joins international organisations in condemning further restrictions on press freedoms and freedom of expression in Nepal

This statement is issued by members of the ‘International Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression Mission to Nepal’. · ARTICLE 19 · Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) · International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) · International Media Support (IMS) · International Press Institute (IPI) · Press Institute of India (PII) · Reporters sans Frontičres (RSF) · […]

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IPI/SEEMO demands reform of Hague Tribunal’s Rule 77

At a meeting of over 60 editors-in-chief, leading journalists and media executives from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro, on 13 October 2005 in Opatija, Croatia, the International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), expressed their support for the actions taken by the Organisation for Security […]

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IPI calls on Nepalese authorities to rescind media ordinance

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 112 countries, condemns in the strongest possible terms the severe restrictions on press freedom included in the “Ordinance Amending some of the Nepal Act related to Media, 2062,” promulgated by King Gyanendra on 9 October. The ordinance will […]

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