The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomed today’s release on bail of Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla more than a month after he was arrested in connection with an article published on a leading Internet news site. But IPI called for prosecutors to drop charges of supporting terrorism that he still faces. The investigative judge’s decision to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged the Jordanian government to release the publisher and chief editor of an Internet news site who were arrested and jailed for linking to an online video of a man identified as a prince frolicking with women. Jafra News publisher Nidhal al-Faraneh and editor Amjad Muala were arrested under […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined with six other global media freedom groups in calling on Queen Elizabeth II not to sign a proposed Royal Charter that could re-impose statutory regulation of the press in the United Kingdom. The full text of the letter appears below. *********************************************************** COMMONWEALTH PRESS UNION MEDIA TRUST, London, UK […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed concern about recent developments in the Republic of Macedonia/ Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. On Monday, the Skopje First Basic Court sentenced journalist Tomislav […]