Last February, Trinidad and Tobago was praised by many human rights groups, including the International Press Institute (IPI), for approving legislation to partially decriminalised defamation. However, today press freedom advocates in the country are concerned about a cybercrime bill, currently being discussed in Parliament this week, which in its current language imposes disturbing restrictions on […]

Prominent Iranian journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Mashallah Shamsolvaezin has been requested to appear in front of Iran’s Revolutionary Court within three days, sources told the International Press Institute (IPI) on Sunday. In a separate letter Shamsolvaezin received from the Revolutionary Court, the journalist was also informed that he was banned from travelling […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on the Brazilian government to implement measures approved by the country’s Human Rights Secretariat to promote the safety of journalists covering protests currently taking place in various cities across Brazil. At least 19 Brazilian and international journalists were attacked in Brazil between June 12, the day the ongoing […]

Egyptian authorities have sentenced three Al Jazeera reporters to lengthy prison terms based on ungrounded and extraordinary claims, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed, reporters for Al Jazeera English, were sentenced today on charges  they were conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood to broadcast false reports of civil […]