Read in English Un nuevo estudio liderado por investigadores de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y publicado hoy por el Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés) ofrece por primera vez un análisis pormenorizado de las indemnizaciones dictaminadas en España contra medios de comunicación en juicios civiles por difamación. Manuel Sánchez […]

Lea este artículo en español A new analysis by researchers at Madrid’s Complutense University and published today by the International Press Institute (IPI) offers the first systematic look at the levels of compensation awarded by Spanish courts in civil defamation cases involving the media. Dr. Manuel Sánchez Diego Fernández de la Riva and Dr. Isabel […]

Myanmar journalists and international observers welcomed a decision by the country’s military this month to drop charges ranging from defamation to unlawful association against six journalists. The move marked a positive step, but journalists in the country still have many obstacles to overcome, from enforcement of strict defamation and unlawful association laws, to pushback for […]

Observers worry that this month’s closure of an independent Cambodian newspaper in the face of an astronomical tax demand is the latest incident illustrating a global trend in which governments abuse tax laws to harass independent news media outlets and silence critical reporting. The English-language Cambodia Daily published its last print edition on Sept. 3 […]