A ruling expected this week in the retrial of three Al Jazeera journalists on terrorism charges will serve as a test of Egypt’s commitment to human rights, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. An Egyptian court had previously announced it would reach a final verdict on July 30 in the case against former Al […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) said today that they were deeply troubled by the firing of IPI Turkish National Committee President Kadri Gürsel from his position as a columnist at Milliyet newspaper over a tweet critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Gürsel was informed yesterday by […]

The Slovenian Parliament earlier this month voted 86-1 to introduce a public-interest defence for persons accused of publishing classified information. The move followed the highly publicised trial of Delo investigative journalist Anuška Delić on charges of publishing classified state intelligence after she revealed links between the Slovenian neo-Nazi group Blood and Honour and members of the […]

Read this article in English Introducción Entre los problemas a los que se enfrenta la libertad de expresión de los activistas en España se encuentran diferentes cambios legislativos, concretamente la nueva Ley de Seguridad Ciudadana (Ley Orgánica de Protección de la Seguridad Ciudadana), la llamada Ley Mordaza por sus detractores, y las modificaciones del Código […]