The deterioration of press freedom in Turkey is hardly breaking news for international media; the imprisonment of journalists, the abuse of anti-terror laws, online censorship through blocking access to news websites and sporadic bans on social media are currently among the most well-known methods being used to silence critics. But another serious challenge to press […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed a ruling by Turkey’s Constitutional Court that the arrest and ongoing pre-trial detention of Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül violated their “freedom of expression, freedom of the press and right to personal security and freedom”. Local reports indicated that the decision would now be forwarded to […]

In a partial victory for media freedom, the Dominican Republic Constitutional Court on Sunday invalidated provisions in the country’s press law criminalising defamation of government bodies and public officials, but declined to strike down criminal defamation more broadly. The Constitutional Court said in a statement that Arts. 30, 31, 34 and 37 of the country’s press […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over Kazakhstan’s detention of the head of the country’s Journalists Union and National Press Club and his son shortly before they were to publicly address allegations of tax evasion and embezzlement. Kazakh officials accuse Seitkazy Matayev of having embezzled some 300 million tenges (approx. €778,000) and he […]