The International Press Institute (IPI) is disappointed at the apparent absence of deteriorating Moroccan press freedom from the agenda of a two-day visit to Morocco by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Speaking at an international, G8-backed forum in Marrakesh, Clinton unveiled economic development programmes and addressed the Middle East peace process. “She did not […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes news of the release of Niger journalist Abdoulaye Tiemogo, editor of the weekly Le Canard Dechainé, after two months in prison. As reported by IPI in September, Tiemogo was sentenced to three months in prison for “casting discredit on a judicial ruling” following a comment he made on a […]

Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies on Thursday passed a bill removing prison sentences for slander and insult from the country’s penal code. Argentina’s Senate will now vote on the government-sponsored move. The executive branch introduced the proposal to reform the criminal offences of calumnias e injurias (slander and insult) on 11 September this year, in response to a […]

An Uighur former website editor and journalist, Hailaite Niyazi, has been detained since 1 October, when he was taken from his home by Chinese police, AP reported on Friday. Niyazi was the former manager and editor of Uighurbiz.net, and had previously worked for state-run newspapers. Niyazi’s arrest comes three weeks before a presidential visit to […]