Zambia’s broadcasting regulator yesterday suspended the licences of the country’s only major independent television channel and two radio stations on as-yet unexplained “national security” grounds, a move the International Press Institute (IPI) said appeared illegal and politically motivated. The chair of the IBA’s board, Brigadier General Justin Mutale, said the decision targeting MUVI TV, Komboni […]

A New York Times reporter should not be forced to handover materials about her jailhouse interview with the suspect in the 1991 murder of a toddler long known only as “Baby Hope”, nearly 60 news media outlets, journalists’ associations and press freedom defenders said last week. Supporting Frances Robles’ appeal of a court order, the organisations, […]

The Journalists Association of Turkey (TGC) on Thursday gave its 2016 Press Freedom Award for the category of Institution to IPI and a coalition of international organisations that have worked in concert since last year to support journalists in the country and fight an ongoing deterioration in the state of press freedom. The TGC recognised […]

Multiple threats and abuse that forced another journalist to flee the Mexican state of Veracruz last week illustrate the ongoing dangers for journalists and the need to ensure the efficient function of a protection mechanism for them, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Noé Zavaleta, the Veracruz correspondent for Proceso magazine, said he left […]