On September 4, 2017, independent English-language newspaper The Cambodia Daily, which had reported in the country for 25 years, went to print for the last time. After being forced to close over a tax dispute widely seen as a politically motivated attempt to harass the newspaper, its last edition led with a front-page story about […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today called on authorities in Gambia to immediately re-open two radio stations closed in the wake of anti-government protests and drop politically motivated charges against their staff. On Sunday, radio stations Home Digital FM and King FM […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today urged authorities in Tanzania to end the inhumane treatment of jailed journalist Erick Kabendera and grant him bail on medical grounds. Kabendera, a freelance journalist who has written for several publications around the world, was arrested […]

Lawmakers in Nepal should reconsider several proposed laws that would threaten media freedom in the country if passed in their current form, the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom said today. The four bills are the Advertisement Regulation Bill, the IT Bill, the Nepal […]