The International Press Institute (IPI) today named independent Belarusian youth publication 34 Multimedia Magazine the winner of IPI’s 2012 Free Media Pioneer Award, which is sponsored this year by multimedia company Infobae.com. Since 1996, the honour has recognised the work of one media organization each year for having improved press freedom and media independence in its […]

IPI welcomes the release of Turkish journalists Adem Özköse and Hamit Coşkun, who spent over two months in Syrian custody before being transferred to Tehran and finally to Istanbul, according to news reports. Iran reportedly served as an intermediary in their release. Reporter Özköse and cameraman Coşkun were detained at a roadblock by pro-government militiamen […]

A delegation from the International Press Institute (IPI) today concluded a weeklong press freedom mission to Ecuador, after discussions with the vice-president, government, media owners, editors, journalists, civil society organisations and politicians. IPI visited both the capital, Quito, and Guayaquil. Anthony Mills, IPI Acting Deputy Director, and Mariela Hoyer Guerrero, Press Freedom Adviser for Latin […]

IPI welcomed the decision by Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to work toward the repeal of criminal defamation laws in her country, which came amid other recent positive developments with respect to libel laws around the world. In a speech given on May 3, President Johnson Sirleaf endorsed the Declaration of Table Mountain, which calls […]