The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, today welcomed the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova and called on Azerbaijan to implement it. The ECtHR today ruled that the 2014 arrest, detention and prosecution of Ismayilova […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, expressed dismay over the plea bargain that Tanzania journalist Erick Kabendera was forced to sign this week to secure his release after seven months in prison. Kabendera, an award-winning journalist, walked out of the prison on February […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned Egyptian authorities’ decision to seek a retrial against an Egyptian journalist, Badr Muhammad Badr, who was ordered freed in December by the country’s Surpreme Court. “The Supreme Court issued Badr’s release on December 3, before […]