H.E. Charles Taylor President of the Republic of Liberia Executive Mansion POB 10-90010 Capitol Hill 1000 Monrovia 10 Liberia Vienna, 17 May 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, is deeply disturbed by the arrest of a journalist in the provincial city of Gbarnga, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined international media freedom and free expression defenders in call presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council urging it to address ongoing developments in Turkey. The full text appears below. Turkey: UN Human Rights Council should address continuous deterioration of freedom of expression and other human rights PEN International, ARTICLE […]

Read this article in English. El periodista Luciano Rivera Salgado fue asesinado el pasado lunes en Rosarito, México, justo el día en el que se cumplían dos años de los asesinatos de la colonia Narvarte, uno de los casos que conmocionó al mundo en el que el fotoperiodista Rubén Espinosa, junto a cuatro activistas, fueron […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern after authorities in Turkey detained the editor-in-chief of the online edition of independent daily newspaper Cumhuriyet. The newspaper said it was notified that Oğuz Güven had been ordered detained for seven days on accusations of making propaganda for a terrorist organisation. Cumhuriyet representatives also indicated that lawyers […]