A year after becoming the first Caribbean country to decriminalise libel, Grenada last week appeared to take a step in the opposite direction after its lower house of Parliament passed a sweeping cyber-crimes bill that includes a provision for online defamation, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. According to a copy of the Electronic […]

The International Press Institute today expressed concern over a reported lack of progress in the investigation into the October 2012 arson attack on Bolivian radio journalist Fernando Vidal. IPI urges Bolivian authorities to bring those responsible for the horrific incident to justice without further delay. Vidal, the former director of the Radio Popular radio station […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today began a press freedom mission to Budapest to assess media freedom in Hungary following legislative changes in recent years. The mission, in which IPI and SEEMO are set to meet with Hungarian journalists and members of civil society, will […]

The International Press Institute’s (IPI) Nepal National Committee today urged the Nepal government to immediately release journalist Sushil Pant and online portal owner Santosh Bhattarai, who were arrested in the capital Kathmandu on June 20. Guest editor of the online portal www.nepaliheadlines.com, Pant, and Bhattarai, the owner, were arrested by Nepali police for publishing a […]