IPI today expressed solidarity with four Dominican Republic journalists recently threatened with death at a public event and it called on authorities to investigate the case and prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.

El Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés) quiere expresar su solidaridad con los cuatro periodistas de la República Dominicana amenazados de muerte y pide a la justicia del país que actúe para que este tipo de episodios no se vuelvan a repetir e invita al Gobierno a que investigue el caso.

Social media has proved to be an inestimably valuable tool for freedom of expression around the world, and more specifically in repressive countries, where it has become the only sphere where critics can raise their voice. As Bahrain human right activist Nabeel Rajab recently told IPI, speaking on the press freedom situation in his country: […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged regulators in Ecuador to drop proceedings that could leave a newspaper forced to issue seven consecutive days of apologies and facing possible future fines of nearly $500,000, all due to a single political cartoon satirising a lawmaker from President Rafael Correa’s party. Ecuador’s Superintendence of Information and Communication […]