The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today welcomed news that Ukraine’s parliament voted to repeal sweeping anti-protest legislation that had touched off violent clashes between protestors and police. A large majority of lawmakers voted yesterday to scrap provisions of the law, which among other troubling provisions […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed concern about a reported physical attack on a former long-time journalist and NGO activist in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sinan Alic said that an unknown man attacked him at approximately 11 a.m. on Saturday near his weekend home in […]

Grenada quietly allowed a controversial electronic defamation bill to become law last October despite government promises of reform, the International Press Institute (IPI) has learned from local sources. On Sept. 23, 2013, Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, responding to concerns that IPI and other groups had raised about the Electronic Crimes Bill, publicly announced: “I have […]

A high-level delegation from the International Press Institute (IPI) met today in Cairo with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy to discuss the media climate in Egypt, including the protection of journalists. The meeting capped two days of fact-finding discussions with Egyptian lawyers, human rights groups and journalists. The foreign minister and the delegation agreed on […]