Read this article in English Das Deutsche Nationalkomitee des International Press Institute IPI sieht die Pressefreiheit in Deutschland durch die Vorgänge im Zusammenhang mit dem Ermittlungsverfahren wegen Landesverrats gegen zwei Journalisten von netzpolitik.org gestärkt. Nach heftigen Protesten gegen die Einleitung des Ermittlungsverfahrens wurde das die Pressefreiheit tangierende Vorgehen des Generalbundesanwalts vom Bundesjustizminister gestoppt, der Generalbundesanwalt […]

Renowned Syrian journalist Mazen Darwish, the International Press Institute’s (IPI) 2015 World Press Freedom Hero, was freed today after spending nearly three-and-a-half years behind bars in his home country on spurious terrorism charges. Yara Bader, Mazen’s wife and the director of the Syrian Centre for Media Freedom (SCM), the organisation founded by Darwish in 2004 to protect […]

A criminal case claiming that journalists’ coverage of a deadly March 31 hostage drama in an Istanbul courthouse amounted to spreading propaganda for a terrorist organisation should be dropped immediately, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Turkish media reported last week that prosecutors had prepared an indictment seeking prison terms of up to 7.5 […]

Malaysian authorities should drop charges against a journalist who aired allegations of corruption involving the country’s prime minister, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today following news that an arrest warrant has been issued for Sarawak Report founder Clare Rewcastle Brown. The head of Malaysia’s Criminal Investigation Department, Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh, said in a […]