The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined its MFRR partners in calling again on the Italian Parliament to undertake comprehensive reform of the country’s defamation laws to bring them in line with international standards on freedom of expression.  The call comes as the Italian Constitutional Court issued a ruling underscoring the need for change. Read […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned an order sending a 79-year-old Italian magazine editor convicted of criminal libel to prison to serve a two-year sentence. Italian media reported that a prosecutor in the province of Catania on Sicily signed an order on Saturday to arrest Francesco Gangemi, editor of monthly magazine The Debate, after […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the recent prison sentences handed out to three Italian journalists by a court in Milan and strongly urged Italian lawmakers to reform the country’s criminal defamation laws. Italian journalists Andrea Marcenaro, Giorgio Mulé and Riccardo Arena were each sentenced to prison time by the Court of Milan on […]

Today marks one month since Myanmar’s military junta detained U.S. journalist Danny Fenster. The International Press Institute (IPI) is again calling for Fenster’s release, along with all other journalists being held by the Myanmar regime. Fenster was managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, a current affairs magazine based in Yangon, at the time of his detention. […]