IPI is concerned about a recent trend of censorship through the confiscation of newspapers in Sudan. The Sudanese authorities confiscated the fourth issue of Al Midan in a row on March 20, and have also banned two journalists for Alwan, Mujahid Abdullah and Essam Jaafar, from writing for any Sudanese newspaper, according to the Arabic […]

Lea en español Last week’s sentencing of a Bolivian news magazine editor convicted of slandering a government lawyer to two-and-a-half years in prison underscores the urgency with which Bolivia must revisit its criminal-defamation laws, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. The editor, Rogelio Peláez of Larga Vista, had been the defendant in a suit […]

Lea en inglés Brasil está brillando. El país Latinoamericano más grande y poblado recientemente sobrepasó al Reino Unido para convertirse en la sexta economía mundial. Además, se prevé que suba una posición más para finales de 2012. La producción petrolera se ha disparado, mientras la pobreza ha tocado su nivel más bajo en la historia. […]

Recently-released Turkish journalist Nedim Şener yesterday sent a letter to the International Press Institute (IPI) thanking the group and its members around the world for their ongoing support. Şener, who was released from prison on Mar. 12 after spending more than a year in custody on charges that he supported an alleged coup plot, described […]