Austria’s draft freedom of information (FOI) law requires significant further reforms in order to meet international standards governing transparency and the right to information, Access Info Europe and the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) said today upon jointly releasing an analysis of the draft. The analysis, conducted by Access Info, welcomes Austria’s initiative to replace […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined international observers in criticising proposed anti-terrorism measures in Hungary that could give the government sweeping powers to control Internet and other media content, and restrict movement. As Amnesty International observed in a report released on Monday, proposed legislation leaked to the media in January and expected to be […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed a ruling by Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court declaring criminal defamation unconstitutional and invalidating a 2004 law that had led to the prosecution of dozens of journalists. According to local media reports, the Court’s nine justices unanimously agreed that Sec. 96 of the Criminal Law Act, which punished the publication […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) will join with world media leaders on Friday in Paris for a UNESCO-organised discussion on how better to increase the safety of journalists and end impunity for crimes against them. The international conference, titled “News organizations standing up for the safety of media”, will bring together top decision-makers of news […]