The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed indications that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will not sign a controversial media bill that was approved by parliament last month. IPI further urged lawmakers to abandon other efforts to assert more government control over the media. William Oloo Janak, chairman of the Kenyan Correspondents Association, told IPI that […]

After last week’s historic repeal of criminal defamation in Jamaica, the International Press Institute (IPI) is looking ahead to similar efforts underway in the region. IPI and its regional partner, the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM), are currently leading a campaign to abolish defamation as a criminal offence in the Caribbean. In an interview last […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the release on Saturday of Miami Herald journalist Jim Wyss after 48 hours in Venezuelan custody. Venezuelan authorities took Wyss, the Herald’s Bogota-based Andean bureau chief, into custody on Thursday near the Colombian border, apparently after the journalist requested an interview with local military officials. Wyss was said […]

Two leading media organisations today called for the unconditional release of imprisoned Ethiopian journalists and pledged during a joint press freedom mission in the country to help improve the working and legislative environment for news media in Ethiopia. The International Press Institute (IPI) and World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) urged the government […]