Tony Amokeodo and Chibuzo Ukaibe, who were among four journalists detained by Nigerian police on Monday, were released on Tuesday evening. They were allegedly being held for questioning over the source of a document that their newspaper, Leadership, published last week, which the newspaper said was a leaked directive from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. According […]

The Nigeria National Commmittee of the International Press Institute (IPI), the global platform for a free press, notes with concern the continuing travails of the journalists working with the Leadership newspapers in Nigeria. Although the police released the journalists after two unwarranted, agonizing nights in detention, we see nothing to celebrate in their release because […]

As part of its campaign for the repeal of criminal-defamation laws in the region, the International Press Institute (IPI) will again conduct an official mission in the Caribbean, visiting six countries from 15 April to 6 May 2013. The IPI delegation will consist of: Alison Bethel McKenzie, IPI executive director; John Yearwood, The Miami Herald’s national […]

Auf Deutsch The German National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI) has issued a statement urging a Munich court to allow Turkish journalists to observe the trial of a woman linked to a neo-Nazi group accused of killing 10 people, including eight of Turkish origin. Beate Zschäpe, one of three suspected members of the […]