Lea en español The International Press Institute (IPI) expressed today its concern about the threats against journalist Hernan Lascano, which began in 2010 and appear to be increasing in intensity, to the point of involving his family in the last written threat, sent on March 26. Lascano, who works as head of the Crime department […]

President George Maxwell Richards, a former principal and pro vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies, will address participants attending the IPI World Congress in Trinidad and Tobago this June, the International Press Institute (IPI) announced today. A professor emeritus in chemical engineering at the University of the West Indies, Richards was sworn into […]

It has been a bad few weeks for the Palestinian media. On Monday Apr. 2, Yousef Al-Shayeb, the latest journalist to be held for investigation by the Palestinian Authority (P.A.), was released on bail pending trial – but faces defamation charges and a claim for 6 million U.S. dollars from the plaintiffs.  The same day, […]

In January 2012, Albania’s prime minister, Sali Berisha, declared that his administration would decriminalise slander and on Feb. 17 and Mar. 1, 2012 two sets of reforms, both to the civil and penal code, were voted on in the parliament. However, in February 2012 the Director for Public Relations at the Council of Ministers, Gjovalin […]