“A milestone.” “Tremendous news and a courageous example.” “A substantial advance for press freedom.” “An important achievement.” “Represents significant progress.” These are just some of the ways that international advocacy groups, including the International Press Institute (IPI), as well as intergovernmental bodies celebrated Jamaica’s pioneering decision to decriminalise defamation in November of last year as […]

The South East Europe Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned the latest physical attack on a journalist in Montenegro. On Friday evening in the town of Niksic, an unknown assailant attacked daily newspaper Dan correspondent Lidija Nikcevic in the street, repeatedly striking her in the head with a stick […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined calls urging Egyptian authorities to release four Al Jazeera English (AJE) journalists detained in Cairo on Sunday. State security agents reportedly interrogated the four journalists yesterday in connection with interviews they conducted with members of the Muslim Brotherhood, which the government recently labelled a “terrorist organisation”. Egypt’s Interior […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed alarm at a recent bomb attack targeting journalists from the daily Vijesti in Podgorica, Montenegro. The explosion happened on Thursday at approximately 11:30 p.m. under windows of the office of Vijesti’s editor-in-chief, Mihailo Jovovic, causing material damage to […]