In the days since the world celebrated World Press Freedom Day the Sudanese press has witnessed great setbacks. On May 3, the entire print run of Al Midan newspaper was confiscated by Sudan’s National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS) and it happened again on May 6, May 8, May 10, May 13 and May 15. […]

The graffiti leapt out at us as we drove through Quito, the capital of Ecuador, on the first day of our May 7-11 IPI press freedom mission: “Weapons of Mass Destruction: El Commercio, El Universo and Teleamazonas” – a derogatory reference to the country’s two  leading independent newspapers, and an independent television broadcaster. Across the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed reports that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, according to its Spanish acronym) planned to free a French journalist captured during a military shootout more than two weeks ago, but reiterated that the release should be immediate and unconditional. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) […]

Lea este artículo en español IPI on Monday stressed serious concerns about the deterioration of press freedom in Ecuador, following the conclusion of its May 7-11 press freedom mission to the country. During the mission, IPI Acting Deputy Director Anthony Mills and IPI Press Freedom Adviser for Latin America & The Caribbean Mariela Hoyer met […]