A diverse group of journalists, activists lawyers, academics, activists and consumer advocates converged yesterday in downtown Madrid for the official launch of the Platform for the Defence of Freedom of Expression (Plataforma en Defensa de la Libertad de Información), a new civil-society coalition that observers hope will fill an advocacy and monitoring gap in Spain. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for the release of Chinese journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Gao Yu, whose trial for allegedly leaking state secrets began Friday behind closed doors in a Beijing court. “Gao Yu’s ongoing detention, reportedly for the alleged dissemination of a document highlighting the ideology behind Beijing’s policies, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned an unprecedented court order banning Turkish media from reporting on a parliamentary inquiry into corruption accusations against four former cabinet ministers. Hurriyet Daily News reported that the ban, which is set to last until Dec. 27, was announced yesterday, days before two former ministers were set to present […]

A mission of international freedom of expression experts will visit Spain from Dec. 1 to 3, 2014 in order to gather information about levels of press freedom, freedom of expression and the right of access to information. The first mission of its kind, it is led by the International Press Institute (IPI) in coordination with Access Info […]