A Peruvian court has sentenced a former television news program host to two years in prison on criminal defamation charges related to claims made by a politician he interviewed. The court sentenced Hans Francisco Andrade Chávez, 38, the former host of a news program for a local channel of Peruvian América TV, on 6 July […]

Journalists were attacked by a mob of ZANU-PF supporters in Harare while covering a public debate on human rights legislation on Saturday, local news reports said. Levy Mukarati of the Financial Gazette, Tsvangirai Mukwazhi  of the Daily News, Nqaba Matshazi  of the Standard, Aaron Ufumeli of Newsday and John Cassim, a freelance photographer,  were allegedly […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) announced on Monday that Tunisian online broadcaster and news website Radio Kalima is the recipient of the IPI Free Media Pioneer Award 2011. The annual award, given out every year at the Vienna-based press freedom organisation’s World Congress, honours media or organisations that have fought to ensure freer and more independent media in […]

Vienna 25 July 2011-The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), welcomes the 19 July 2011 announcement  by Serbia´s  State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Slobodan Homen, that  defamation and libel will be removed from the country´s criminal code in autumn 2011. Once parliament approves these […]