“We will not stop fighting until you and your colleagues walk free”, IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi concluded in the letter she addressed directly to IPI Executive Board Member Kadri Gürsel and all journalists currently in jail in Turkey. The letter is intended to bring hope to all imprisoned journalists, and specifically to Kadri Gürsel, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today voiced concern after the heads of a Myanmar media group were detained on criminal defamation charges over an article suggesting that a local official accepted an expensive wristwatch in exchange for approving a development project. Eleven Media Group CEO U Than Htut Aung and Editor-in-Chief U Wai Phyo were […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today endorsed a call by the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) on governments to rethink relations with Turkey in light of ongoing efforts to silence independent media in the country. The ACM, a strategic partner of IPI, urged Caribbean governments to speak out against Turkey’s actions and to hold […]

At first glance, it looks to be a battle between David and Goliath: Greek political cartoonist Andreas Petroulakis against the country’s powerful defence minister and leader of the right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) party, Panos Kammenos. “For me it certainly feels like it,” Petroulakis, who is the defendant in a €1 million libel suit brought by […]