The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, journalists and media executives, today vehemently condemned a jail sentence given to Egyptian freelance journalist and researcher Ismail Alexandrani by a military court. Alexandrani was found guilty of belonging to a banned group and spreading false news and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Arrested […]

A Polish satire journalist has been indicted on a charge of “insulting the Polish nation” in a column. The column, published in weekly magazine Angora on December 17, 2017, satirized links between the Polish authorities and the Catholic Church. If he is deemed guilty, the columnist, Antoni Szpak, could face up to three years in […]

Read in English Die philippinische Nachrichtenseite Rappler ist der diesjährige Preisträger des Free Media Pioneer Award 2018, der dem Nachrichtenportal für die innovativen journalistischen Methoden und die Einbeziehung des Publikums, sowie die Entschlossenheit, die Behörden trotz zahlreicher Angriffe kritisch in die Pflicht zu nehmen, verliehen wird. Der Free Media Pioneer Award wird von IPI seit […]

Português Zur deutschen Version Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, who has braved decades of harassment and prosecution to expose corruption and human rights abuses in his native Angola, has been named the International Press Institute (IPI)’s 70th World Press Freedom Hero. IPI also announced the Philippine news website Rappler as the recipient of the 2018 […]