The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI), the world’s oldest global press freedom organisation, with prominent members on every continent, on Monday expressed grave concern at an apparent attempt by Austria’s Justice Ministry to undermine the confidentiality of journalists’ sources. A law proposed by the Ministry would grant powers to the police and state prosecutors to […]

Turkish investigative journalist and International Press Institute (IPI) World Press Freedom Hero Nedim Şener was released from prison today pending trial, after spending more than a year behind bars on charges of aiding a terrorist group. An Istanbul court late this afternoon ordered the release of Şener and three others in the so-called Oda TV […]

The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate has reported that three journalists reporting on a mass wedding of 500 couples in Gaza City were attacked. The mass wedding was organised by local charities in conjunction with Hamas, according to Ramallah-based Maan News. According to the Palestine Press Agency and the Wafa news agency, the journalists who were attacked […]

The Dominican Republic’s first lady, Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, has filed criminal forgery charges against a television commentator who alleged that she stashed millions of euros in a Danish bank account. According to Dominican media, Fernández’s attorney, Luis Miguel Pereira, on Tuesday officially accused the journalist, Marco Martínez of Canal 55, of falsifying documents in […]