A defamation reform bill pending before the Lithuanian Parliament would constitute a welcome step in the right direction, but should be further amended to meet international standards, the International Press Institute (IPI) and Article 19 said today following a joint two-day mission to Lithuania. The bill, which passed Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee last month, would […]

The killing of yet another journalist calls attention to Mexico’s alarming state of press freedom, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Reporter and radio presenter Armando Saldaña Morales, 53 was found dead near the bank of a stream in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on May 4. According to local newspapers, he was […]

Thirteen journalists sentenced to life in prison last month in Egypt and one sentenced to death plan to appeal the Cairo court’s ruling – but are constrained from doing so because they still have not seen that ruling in full, a representative of their families told the International Press Institute (IPI). The details of the […]

Lea este artículo en español In a move without parallel in the history of Spanish democracy, the News Council (Consejo de informativos) of Spain’s public broadcaster recently delivered a report to the European Parliament alleging that the broadcaster’s news services “are suffering from pro-government manipulation”. Speaking recently to the International Press Institute (IPI), the News […]