Lea en español Last week’s sentencing of a Bolivian news magazine editor convicted of slandering a government lawyer to two-and-a-half years in prison underscores the urgency with which Bolivia must revisit its criminal-defamation laws, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. The editor, Rogelio Peláez of Larga Vista, had been the defendant in a suit […]

Lea en inglés Brasil está brillando. El país Latinoamericano más grande y poblado recientemente sobrepasó al Reino Unido para convertirse en la sexta economía mundial. Además, se prevé que suba una posición más para finales de 2012. La producción petrolera se ha disparado, mientras la pobreza ha tocado su nivel más bajo en la historia. […]

Recently-released Turkish journalist Nedim Şener yesterday sent a letter to the International Press Institute (IPI) thanking the group and its members around the world for their ongoing support. Şener, who was released from prison on Mar. 12 after spending more than a year in custody on charges that he supported an alleged coup plot, described […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the latest pressure against reporters of the “Justice in Kosovo” TV program. On 6 March 2012, the mayor of Prizren, a town 60 kilometres away from Pristina, Kosovo’s capital, allegedly threatened the TV crew of the program “Justice […]