The International Press Institute (IPI) has called on Myanmar to thoroughly investigate the recent death of a journalist at the hands of the military and to release five staffers from a weekly newspaper sentenced to seven years behind bars. IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie in an open letter urged Myanmar Attorney General Dr. Tun […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) expressed sadness today at news of the death of former IPI Executive Board member Peter Pi Cheng Wang on Nov. 7. Wang was an active IPI Executive Board member from 1983 to 1991, and a long-time member of IPI and participant at IPI World Congresses. He was named an IPI […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) expressed alarm today over the Egyptian government’s decision to enforce a Mubarak-era law requiring all non-governmental organisations to register with the authorities or face criminal repercussions.  The deadline for registration is today, Nov. 10, 2014. A number of international organisations working in Egypt for press freedom, freedom of expression and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Egyptian authorities to heed criticism levelled against the country’s human rights record yesterday during a U.N. review. “Egypt’s government needs to ensure that the promises of free expression enshrined in the new Constitution approved early this year are actually implemented,” IPI Senior Press Freedom Adviser Steven M. […]