The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over proposed amendments to Italy’s defamation law, the latest of which includes imprisonment as a possible penalty for criminal libel. Parliament has been considering changes to Italian defamation law since Italy’s highest tribunal last month upheld Il Giornale editor Alessandro Sallusti’s conviction and 14-month prison sentence for […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) joined nearly thirty organisations in writing to Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, to ask that his government prioritise human rights reforms, particularly with respect to press freedom and journalism. Over the last year, five journalists were detained and later sentenced to years in prison for “terrorism”, while several others […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned a reported verbal and physical attack on a journalist in Montenegro in advance of parliamentary elections set for Oct. 14. On Oct. 4, Montenegro’s prime minister, Igor Luksic, was speaking to a group of supporters of the ruling […]

The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), yesterday named Slovenian journalists Matej Šurc and Blaž Zgaga the winners of the 2012 CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism. The groups said in a statement that Šurc and Zgaga were […]