An International Press Institute (IPI) advocacy mission will travel to Caracas, Venezuela, on 15 November for four days of meetings with publishers, editors and journalists from a broad range of media, as well as government officials, opposition leaders, and representatives of civil society, to investigate the current press freedom climate in the country. Venezuela was […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) will conduct a fact-finding mission to Ethiopia from 16-19 November 2009. IPI Director David Dadge will meet with representatives from a broad spectrum of the media, as well as government officials to discuss challenges to the media in the East African country. IPI has been involved in campaigning for a […]

Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a case for the repeal of criminal and seditious libel brought by the country’s national journalists’ association in February 2008, ruling that the provisions are in line with the country’s 1991 constitution and that “journalists are under no imminent threat,” IPI member Ibrahim Bah, Executive Director of […]

Simon Abou Fadel, the owner of Alkalima online newspaper and writer with Al-Diyar newspaper, has been charged with “insulting” the president after criticising his role in months-long efforts to create a national unity cabinet – which was formed on Monday – in a show aired by private broadcaster MTV, on Wednesday (4 November). Lebanon’s Daily […]