The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the release of Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, who had been imprisoned in Iran since July 2014. Rezaian, 39, was freed Saturday as part of a prisoner swap between the United States and Iran, and is reported to have left the country on Sunday. His release came hours before […]

A Palestinian journalist detained last week after reporting that Palestinian security services had assisted Israel in apprehending the suspected murderers of two Israeli settlers was freed Tuesday on bail. Salim Sweidan, owner of Nablus TV and a member of the board of directors of the Ma’an News Network, was granted bail of 1,000 Jordanian dinars […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on the Palestinian Authority to release a journalist detained last week after he reported that Palestinian security services assisted Israel in apprehending the suspected murderers of two Israeli settlers. Palestinian journalist Salim Sweidan, a member of the board of directors of the Ma’an News Network, has been held […]

While a wave of police violence against photojournalists in Greece appears to have ebbed in recent months, the overwhelming majority of past incidents remain mired in impunity, a report released today by the International Press Institute (IPI) has found. Statistics kept by the Hellenic Photojournalists’ Union (EFE) and included in the report indicate that just […]