The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, today called on Egypt to uphold the rule of law and release Al Jazeera correspondent and IPI member Mahmoud Hussein. A Egyptian court on May 21 ordered Hussein’s release after nearly 900 days, a decision upheld by an appeals court on […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined an open letter to Maltese representatives at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) expressing support for the work of Pieter Omtzigt, the special rapporteur appointed by PACE to examine the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Omtzigt will present today his report on the rule […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, today expressed dismay over the delay in the release of Al Jazeera journalist and IPI member Mahmoud Hussein from detention despite an order by a court in Egypt. A court in Egypt ordered the release of Mahmoud Hussein on May 23. As […]

On May 21, seven editors and columnists for the now-shuttered pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem were sentenced to jail terms varying from three years, nine months to 15 months on charges of “spreading terrorist propaganda”. The International Press Institute (IPI) is appalled at the verdict and condemns the mass targeting of Özgür Gündem journalists and editors-in-chief […]