In the days since the world celebrated World Press Freedom Day the Sudanese press has witnessed great setbacks. On May 3, the entire print run of Al Midan newspaper was confiscated by Sudan’s National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS) and it happened again on May 6, May 8, May 10, May 13 and May 15. […]

The graffiti leapt out at us as we drove through Quito, the capital of Ecuador, on the first day of our May 7-11 IPI press freedom mission: “Weapons of Mass Destruction: El Commercio, El Universo and Teleamazonas” – a derogatory reference to the country’s two  leading independent newspapers, and an independent television broadcaster. Across the […]

Lea este artículo en español IPI on Monday stressed serious concerns about the deterioration of press freedom in Ecuador, following the conclusion of its May 7-11 press freedom mission to the country. During the mission, IPI Acting Deputy Director Anthony Mills and IPI Press Freedom Adviser for Latin America & The Caribbean Mariela Hoyer met […]

IPI welcomes the release of Turkish journalists Adem Özköse and Hamit Coşkun, who spent over two months in Syrian custody before being transferred to Tehran and finally to Istanbul, according to news reports. Iran reportedly served as an intermediary in their release. Reporter Özköse and cameraman Coşkun were detained at a roadblock by pro-government militiamen […]