The European Union must take action to stop the accelerating elimination of press freedom in Hungary, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today after a government regulator rejected the license renewal of Hungary’s last independent radio broadcaster. Hungary’s Media Council, which is controlled by Viktor Orbán’s FIDESZ party, rejected the renewal application of Klubrádió, meaning […]

English version. El Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés), una red global de directores y periodistas de los principales medios de información en defensa de la libertad de prensa, condena el asesinato del periodista mexicano Julio Valdivia. El IPI insta a las autoridades a llevar ante la justicia a los culpables y […]

Versión en español. The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today denounced the gruesome murder of Mexican journalist Julio Valdivia and called for the authorities to hold those responsible accountable, as well as ensure the safety of all media professionals in one of the […]

One of South Africa’s most renowned newspaper editors, Percy Qoboza built The World into the country’s largest-circulation black daily and the voice of black South Africans during the apartheid era. Qoboza accomplished this task under an intolerable burden of legislation and ruthless, often racially based, harassment. Qoboza was best known internationally for his criticism of […]