The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed news that four American journalists detained on Sunday in Bahrain while covering protests have been released, but it condemned authorities’ decision to charge them with “illegal gathering” and to deport them. Award-winning freelance journalist Anna Therese Day and her three-person camera crew were arrested while reporting on clashes […]

Bahraini authorities should immediately lift an ongoing travel ban against Nabeel Rajab, president and co-founder of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, and drop all charges against him, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Rajab, who also serves as the deputy secretary general of the International Federation for Human Rights (IFHR) and a member […]

Detailed information in defamation laws in 15 Caribbean countries in now included in the International Press Institute’s (IPI) online media laws database. The information reflects data collected by IPI over the course of a campaign it launched in April 2012 together with the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) to reform defamation law in the Caribbean. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned an armed attack on the Istanbul offices of two pro-government newspapers in Turkey this morning by masked attackers firing long-barrelled guns and throwing Molotov cocktails. No casualties were reported in the attacks targeting dailiesYeni Şafak and Yeni Akit. Both offices, however, suffered some damage. Local reports indicated that […]