The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined observers around the world in condemning the two-year prison sentence handed to two journalists who republished the cover of satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo featuring an image of the Prophet Muhammad. An Istanbul court convicted daily Cumhuriyet journalists Ceyda Karan and Hikmet Çetinkaya of “openly encouraging hate and […]

Journalists and bloggers are increasingly the victims of online harassment including death threats, verbal abuse and smear campaigns, in addition to technical attacks. The aggressors in these cases share a common goal: to intimidate journalists into silence and put a stop to critical commentary or investigative reporting that is intended to expose misdeeds and serve […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) joined PEN South Africa in calling on Angola’s government to release and quash the convictions of 17 academics, students, artists and journalists accused of plotting a coup because they met to read and discuss a book on non-violent resistance to repressive regimes. The defendants, part of the Luanda Book Club, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for the immediate release of prominent Nepali publisher, editor and columnist Kanak Mani Dixit, who was arrested by authorities on corruption charges Friday. Dixit, founder of the Kathmandu-based news magazine Himal Southasian, was taken from his home in Patan, Lalitpur district by some 20 police officers deployed by […]