President Ernest Bai Koroma State House Freetown, Sierra Leone Vienna, Nov. 16, 2012 Dear President Ernest Bai Koroma, Your Excellency, I am writing today from the International Press Institute in Vienna, Austria to respectfully request that your government ensure that journalists covering tomorrow’s election are able to do so without fear of harassment, violence or […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed a commitment from legislators in the Dominican Republic to repeal all criminal defamation and insult laws in the Penal Code and accepted a second invitation to assist the Caribbean country in bringing its press laws in line with international standards. IPI had lobbied government leaders to reject a […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today, on the eve of the latest hearing in the “OdaTV” case accusing Turkish journalists of supporting a coup plot, called for the release of all journalists imprisoned in Turkey because of their work. IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie said: “The trial in the OdaTV case – where the […]

A court ruling in Ecuador this week requiring the newspaper La Hora to publicly apologise to the government for an article containing “inexact” information constitutes a serious threat to press freedom and transparency ahead of the country’s February presidential vote, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. A decision issued by a civil judge on […]