The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for the release of two Reuters reporters in Myanmar who have been held since Dec. 12 under the country’s Official Secrets Act. The two Reuters reporters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, appeared in court in Yangon today where prosecutors officially filed charges against them. Due back in court […]

When Miloš Zeman brandished a gun marked “For Journalists” at a press conference in October, it was just the latest in a long line of hostile messages directed at the press. But contrary to the rhetoric, and the international headlines it is designed to generate — in another memorable incident Zeman joked with Vladimir Putin that […]

None of the four still-imprisoned representatives of Turkey’s independent newspaper Cumhuriyet were released following a hearing yesterday that international observers widely condemned as “unfair”. “Let’s be loud and clear in condemning this judicial charade,” Swiss journalist and vice chair of the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Executive Committee Markus Spillmann said following the close of the […]

Turkey should drop charges against prominent media freedom activist Erol Önderoğlu and others who face up to 14 years behind bars on accusations that their demonstration of solidarity with a pro-Kurdish newspaper that was under government pressure promoted terrorism, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today ahead of a hearing set for Tuesday. Önderoğlu – Reporters […]