International Press Institute (IPI) World Press Freedom Hero Yoani Sánchez and prominent opposition journalist and attorney Yaremis Flores were among at least 27 Cuban dissidents arrested last week during what observers have called a new “wave of repression” on the Caribbean island. Flores was among a group of independent lawyers detained by authorities last Wednesday. […]

If the flow of information and ideas in Sudan is ever to be free, Khartoum will need to change the way it treats journalists and the media, according to a new report by Sudanese journalist and press freedom advocate Abdelgadir Mohammed Abdelgadir. His research, which documents violations of press freedom and freedom of expression that […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the physical attack on a Dominican Republic journalist at the hands of a business owner whose activities the journalist had recently criticised. According to local media, Manuel Guillermo Mejía, the director of broadcaster Peravia Noticias, had reported that businesses belonging to Ramón de los Santos were blocking sidewalks […]

The Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) congratulated Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas on his government’s partial decriminalisation of defamation in a letter sent last week. Writing on behalf of the other 27 board members, IPI Board Chair and Head of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism – Foundation 19/29 (Russia) Galina Sidorova said […]