Asad Qureshi, a journalist who was kidnapped along with two former Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) operatives in the Kohat region of Pakistan last month, was today handed over to a third party negotiation team, according to Pakistani broadcaster Dawn News. Qureshi, along with Colonel Imam, one of the former ISI operatives, with close ties […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined 23 other international press freedom and human rights organizations in expressing concern about the unstable situation for journalists and media outlets in Kyrgyzstan and the press freedom restrictions imposed on print, broadcast and online media outlets, which prevent them from providing coverage of events in the country. Over […]

IPI’s North American Committee has joined with the Haiti News Project, an effort to help Haitian journalists recover from the devastating 12 January earthquake on that island nation, as part of its commitment to promoting press freedom and journalism best practices throughout the Americas. The IPI North American Committee has made a donation to the project, […]

A Tamil editor who had criticised the Sri Lankan government’s military action against Tamil Tiger rebels and was sentenced to 20 years in prison last year on ‘supporting terrorism’ and ‘inciting communal disharmony’ charges, was pardoned this morning by Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa. J.S. Tissainayagam, who was the editor of North Eastern Monthly magazine […]