A bill before lawmakers in Pakistan to prevent online crime in Pakistan has raised deep concern both in the country and abroad, with critics in the country’s political opposition and civil society accusing the proposal’s supporters of seeking to impose “electronic martial law”. Local observers claim that the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015, commonly […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined with leading free expression and press freedom defenders in calling on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to take greater action to support efforts to improve journalists’ safety. Following up on a meeting with Kerry in 2015, the groups in a joint letter sent yesterday urged him to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed news that four American journalists detained on Sunday in Bahrain while covering protests have been released, but it condemned authorities’ decision to charge them with “illegal gathering” and to deport them. Award-winning freelance journalist Anna Therese Day and her three-person camera crew were arrested while reporting on clashes […]

Bahraini authorities should immediately lift an ongoing travel ban against Nabeel Rajab, president and co-founder of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, and drop all charges against him, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Rajab, who also serves as the deputy secretary general of the International Federation for Human Rights (IFHR) and a member […]