The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today welcomed news that journalist Andrzej Poczobut will not face charges for allegedly libelling Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reported that the Investigative Committee in Grodno on Friday closed a pending investigation against the Polish-Belarusian […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today expressed deep concern over recent amendments to Hungary’s constitution that further threaten media freedom in the country. Deputies from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ruling Fidesz party and its coalition partner on Monday approved a 15-page list of amendments that […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned the sentencing of Ecuadorean journalist Yaco Martínez to one month in prison for defaming a former governor. Martínez, executive director of the newspaper La Nación in Ecuador’s northern Carchi province and a correspondent for El Universo, was also ordered by a Carchi Penal Court judge, Bayardo García, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) expressed concern after a court in Baku yesterday sentenced an Azerbaijani journalist to nine years in prison on bribery-related charges that his supporters maintain were politically motivated. Former Khural editor Avaz Zeynalli has been behind bars since October 2011, when a pro-government lawmaker accused him of demanding money from her […]