The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined calls for Poland’s president to reject a law that would effectively give the government control over the appointment of top managers of public service broadcasters. The law would give the treasury minister full control of appointing management level officials at Polskie Radio and Telewizja Polska (TVP), and would […]

The Chinese government has effectively expelled a French journalist who suggested in an article that China’s outspoken solidarity with France following the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris carried “ulterior motives”. According to international media, the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that it would not renew the press credentials of Ursula Gauthier, a Beijing correspondent for […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned Russia’s expulsion of a Polish journalist in retribution for Poland’s decision to expel a Russian journalist for as-yet unexplained allegations of espionage. Russian authorities on Friday summoned Waclaw Radziwinowicz, the Moscow correspondent for Polish daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, to the foreign ministry, where he was informed that his […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes today’s Seoul Central District Court’s verdict that acquits former Sankei Shimbun Seoul bureau chief Tatsuya Kato of defaming President Park Geun-hye. Nonetheless, IPI reminds South Korean authorities that criminalising defamation falls dramatically short of international legal standards and has a chilling effect on journalists. “IPI welcomes Mr. Kato’s acquittal […]