From Sep. 17-19, the International Press Institute (IPI), in partnership with the International Eurasia Press Fund, will host the international conference, “Oil, Gas and Media”, in Baku, Azerbaijan. The two-and-a-half-day conference, to be held at the Kempinski Hotel Badamdar, Baku, will bring together leading energy, business and financial journalists from around the world, along with […]

A pro-government television channel in Syria has broadcast an interview with Turkish journalist Cüneyt Ünal, who said that he was captured by Syrian loyalist forces on Aug. 20 in Aleppo, Reuters reported. Ünal appeared exhausted and nervous with apparent bruises under both eyes in the interview, which aired Sunday on the Al Ikhbariya news channel. […]

The complete abolition of pre-publication censorship for newspapers was announced in Burma last week, but a host of other laws that have been used to jail journalists and suspend publications mean that the press will still have much to fear if their reporting on sensitive issues falls afoul of the authorities. “We welcome the abolition […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the announcement by Colombia’s Supreme Court that it would not pursue criminal defamation charges against two journalists who had written opinion columns critical of the Court. In a statement released yesterday, the Court reiterated its rejection of the criticism contained in the columns, but said “for the sake […]