A Palestinian journalist ordered detained for four months without trial in Israel this week should be allowed to know why he is being held and to contest the accusations against him or be freed immediately, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Israel’s military issued an administrative detention order on Monday against Omar Nazzal, a […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined free expression and press freedom watchdogs across the globe in commemorating World Press Freedom Day. In a video interview from IPI’s Vienna headquarters, IPI Director of Advocacy and Communications Steven M. Ellis noted that press freedom is necessary to creating just and fair societies, and he saluted the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) will mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day by joining leading press freedom defenders in presenting a panel discussion on journalists’ safety as part of worldwide celebrations organised by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Finland. The discussion, organised thanks to the support of the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today marked the birthday of award-winning Syrian human rights defender Razan Zaitouneh, who remains missing since her abduction along with three colleagues in December 2013, by joining some 30 other human rights watchdogs in a message of solidarity and a call for their freedom. Armed men kidnapped Zaitouneh and the others […]