The North American Committee (NAC) of the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today welcomed coordinated editorials published by hundreds of newspapers across the United States in support of press freedom. In a statement, the NAC said it “lauded and supported the efforts of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) this week called on Imran Khan, who is poised to become Pakistan’s next prime minister, to reverse a deteriorating environment for the independent press in the country. Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party topped Pakistan’s parliamentary vote last month and is now expected to lead a coalition government. The development comes as Pakistan’s […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, has congratulated Michelle Bachelet on her election as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. “On behalf of the IPI global network of editors and journalists, I wish to congratulate Ms Bachelet on her appointment as U.N. High Commissioner for Human […]

On July 31, 2018, the director and editor-in-chief of Afrika, an independent political newspaper in Northern Cyprus, were surprised by a knock on the door from Northern Cypriot police, asking them to respond to a case filed against the paper by Turkish prosecutors in Ankara. Editor-in-Chief Şener Levent and the Director Ali Osman Tabak are […]