In a partial victory for media freedom, the Dominican Republic Constitutional Court on Sunday invalidated provisions in the country’s press law criminalising defamation of government bodies and public officials, but declined to strike down criminal defamation more broadly. The Constitutional Court said in a statement that Arts. 30, 31, 34 and 37 of the country’s press […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over Kazakhstan’s detention of the head of the country’s Journalists Union and National Press Club and his son shortly before they were to publicly address allegations of tax evasion and embezzlement. Kazakh officials accuse Seitkazy Matayev of having embezzled some 300 million tenges (approx. €778,000) and he […]

A bill before lawmakers in Pakistan to prevent online crime in Pakistan has raised deep concern both in the country and abroad, with critics in the country’s political opposition and civil society accusing the proposal’s supporters of seeking to impose “electronic martial law”. Local observers claim that the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015, commonly […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined with leading free expression and press freedom defenders in calling on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to take greater action to support efforts to improve journalists’ safety. Following up on a meeting with Kerry in 2015, the groups in a joint letter sent yesterday urged him to […]