The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed deep alarm at the appearance today of a “media hate list” published by the leader of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahçeli, in the pro-government newspapers Sabah and Hürriyet.  

Zur deutschen Version Markus Spillmann, former editor-in-chief of Switzerland’s Neue Zürcher Zeitung, was elected yesterday as the 34th chair of the International Press Institute (IPI)’s global Executive Board. “We live in difficult times”, Spillmann said in his acceptance speech. “Press freedom is under pressure, and no longer just in those many places where we always […]

Read in English Markus Spillmann, der frühere Chefredakteur der Neuen Züricher Zeitung aus der Schweiz, wurde gestern zum 34. Vorstandsvorsitzenden der globalen Geschäftsführung (Executive Board) des Internationalen Presse Instituts (IPI) gewählt. „Wir leben in schwierigen Zeiten“, sagte Spillmann in seiner Antrittsrede. „Die Pressefreiheit steht zunehmend unter Druck, nicht nur an den Orten, die uns seit […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) today called on the Haitian justice system to take seriously the findings of an official investigation into the 2000 murder of journalist Jean Léopold Dominique. The judge leading the investigation, Yvickel Dabrésil, presented a report to a Haitian appeals court on Friday recommending […]