This Friday, at the invitation of the Ecuadorean government, state parties to the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights will meet in Guayaquil, Ecuador to discuss proposed reforms to the inter-American human rights system. The outcome of this gathering, whose results will be presented at an Organization of American States (OAS) Special General Assembly meeting on […]

Following is the text of a letter addressed by IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie to the media and state representatives of Kenya on the occasion of the national elections on March 4, 2013 Today Kenyans go to the polls to elect a new president, and in the event that no candidate has an absolute […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged the Indonesian authorities to conduct a swift and comprehensive investigation into the violent attack on journalist Normila Sari Wahyuni on Sunday, March 3. Wahyuni, a reporter for Paser TV, a channel that airs locally in the Paser region, was attacked as she reported on a land dispute in […]

The following is a statement signed by over 30 IFEX members and initiated by the International Press Institute (IPI) that is directed at member states of the Organisation of American States (OAS).  The original link can be found here.  To read IPI’s full report on the efforts to undermine the Special Rapporteur, click here. IFEX […]