The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined international observers in criticising proposed anti-terrorism measures in Hungary that could give the government sweeping powers to control Internet and other media content, and restrict movement. As Amnesty International observed in a report released on Monday, proposed legislation leaked to the media in January and expected to be […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed a ruling by Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court declaring criminal defamation unconstitutional and invalidating a 2004 law that had led to the prosecution of dozens of journalists. According to local media reports, the Court’s nine justices unanimously agreed that Sec. 96 of the Criminal Law Act, which punished the publication […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) will join with world media leaders on Friday in Paris for a UNESCO-organised discussion on how better to increase the safety of journalists and end impunity for crimes against them. The international conference, titled “News organizations standing up for the safety of media”, will bring together top decision-makers of news […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed alarm over the decision by Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party to pursue a libel claim against a leading Polish newspaper that criticised Polish President Andrzej Duda’s pardon of a former anti-corruption official convicted of abuse of power. In a commentary piece published in Gazeta Wyborcza on […]