In-brief: • Singapore’s new fake-news laws grants government ministers the power decide what is true or false – and to remove content accordingly • Legal recourse against arbitrary government powers is expensive and cumbersome, with many independent journalists unable to pursue it • Existing legislation already grants Singapore’s government extensive control over mainstream print media […]

Auf Deutsch At the time of this interview, Christian Wehrschütz, a long-time Ukraine and Balkan correspondent for Austria’s ORF public broadcaster is in Vienna. His stay is not entirely voluntary: on March 8, the Ukrainian state imposed an entry ban on him, which was later lifted. Wehrschütz spoke to the International Press Institute (IPI) about […]

Read in English Im Moment des Interviews befand sich Christian Wehrschütz, langjähriger Korrespondent des ORFs für die Ukraine und den Balkan, in Wien. Ganz freiwillig ist dieser Aufenthalt nicht, denn am 8. März verhängte der ukrainische Staat ein – inzwischen wieder aufgehobenes – Einreiseverbot gegen den österreichischen Journalisten. Mit dem in Wien basierten International Press […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, has called upon the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) to urge Egypt to release all imprisoned journalists. In a letter to both the ACHPR Chairperson, Soyata Maiga, and the vice chairperson and special rapporteur on Freedom of Expression […]