A court ruling in Ecuador this week requiring the newspaper La Hora to publicly apologise to the government for an article containing “inexact” information constitutes a serious threat to press freedom and transparency ahead of the country’s February presidential vote, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. A decision issued by a civil judge on […]

The International Press Institute welcomed reports that Senegalese President Macky Sall has committed to decriminalising press offences in the West African country. Sall made his comments to participants of the 5th African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF), which took place in the Senegalese capital of Dakar last week. Sall was quoted by The Point newspaper in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed news that a Turkish court has acquitted three journalists of charges that they spread propaganda for a terrorist organisation. A court in Istanbul on Friday acquitted Ozer Ozdemir, Ender Imrek and Fatih Polat of the left-wing daily Evrensel (Universal) newspaper, which is published by Turkey’s Labour Party (EMEP) […]

Political commentator Jihad Harb could be prosecuted by the Palestinian Authority for a piece published on a news website, while Palestinian broadcaster Watan TV has turned to the Israeli High Court for justice months after a raid by the Israeli Defense Forces, in which the station’s broadcasting equipment and documents were confiscated. Jihad Harb Jihad […]