The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned pressure that led South Africa’s City Press newspaper to pull from its website an image of a painting showing President Jacob Zuma as Lenin with his penis exposed. City Press Editor and IPI Executive Board Member Ferial Haffajee wrote yesterday that the newspaper decided to take down the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) on Sunday condemned in strongest terms the boycott on South Africa’s City Press newspaper called by the country’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party. The call followed the publication by City Press of a review of a satirical art exhibition, which included a photograph of a painting showing President Jacob Zuma […]

The executive director of the International Press Institute (IPI), Alison Bethel McKenzie, yesterday sent an open letter to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev calling on him to investigate reported attacks on journalists, to look into the cases of six journalists currently imprisoned in his country and to make moves forward on decriminalising defamation in Azerbaijan. The […]

Read in English El Instituto Internacional de Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Asociación Mundial de Periódicos y Editores de Noticias (WAN-IFRA) hicieron hoy un llamado a los candidatos de las venideras elecciones presidenciales en México a incluir entre las prioridades de sus plataformas de campaña tanto la seguridad de los reporteros, como la lucha […]