The conviction of journalist and IPI Executive Board member Maria Ressa is highly deplorable and marks a sad day for press freedom in the Philippines, the International Press Institute (IPI) said.  The Manila Regional Trial today convicted Ressa, CEO of the news website Rappler, and former Rappler writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. on charges of cyber […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today expressed grave concern over the declining press freedom and intimidation of journalists by government officials in Sudan.  In a letter to Prime Minister Dr Abdalla Hamdok, IPI called on him to take immediate action to end […]

This week’s criminal conviction of IPI Executive Board member Maria Ressa of the Philippines online news site Rappler and former Rappler writer Reynaldo Santos Jr threatens to see journalists jailed while chilling new voices around the region. Across the Asia-Pacific region, new digital media like Rappler have been bringing a critical overlay of accountability journalism. […]

Read in English Die Verurteilung von Journalistin und IPI-Vorstandsmitglied Maria Ressa ist höchst bedauerlich und stellt einen traurigen Tag für die Pressefreiheit auf den Philippinen dar, so das Internationale Presse Institut (IPI). Am Montag verurteilte ein regionales Prozessgericht in Manila, Ressa, CEO der Nachrichtenwebsite Rappler und den ehemaligen Rappler-Journalist Reynaldo Santos Jr. wegen Cyber-Verleumdung. Die […]