Despite its small size, the Mediterranean island nation of Malta sees a surprisingly high number of libel cases. Notably, criminal defamation remains on the books in Malta – with a potential penalty of a year in prison – and the country’s politicians have traditionally not been shy about filing charges against journalists who scrutinise their […]

Pakistan’s Parliament should make improvements to a draft election bill that could harm election transparency and limit access to information, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today, joining a call by civil society organisations and activists in the country. In a Jan. 16 report, the Free and Fair Elections Network (FAFEN), a Pakistani NGO, criticised […]

IPI condemns the alleged attack on a photojournalist working for the Daily Monitor newspaper in Uganda. The reporter was allegedly shot at by a police officer while covering an opposition demonstration in Kampala, according to a first-person account in the newspaper and a report from the Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda). Isaac Kasamani was […]

Last week was a busy one, to say the least, for press freedom in Greece: two major libel cases brought by Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, leader of the Independent Greeks (ANEL) party, made headlines in and outside the courtroom. On Thursday, an Athens court heard evidence in Kammenos’ suit against well-known Greek political cartoonist Andreas […]