The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined with 11 other free expression and human rights defenders in urging Moroccan authorities to end the years of judicial harassment journalist Ali Anouzla has faced by finally and fully dismissing spurious terrorism charges against him, and by allowing him the freedom to practice independent journalism unhindered. Anouzla faces […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) joined media organisations around the world today in condemning the Taliban over a suicide car bomb attack in Afghanistan that took the lives of seven television station personnel. News reports indicate that the group claimed responsibility for yesterday’s bombing targeting personnel in a minibus privately owned by the Kaboora production […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the release of Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, who had been imprisoned in Iran since July 2014. Rezaian, 39, was freed Saturday as part of a prisoner swap between the United States and Iran, and is reported to have left the country on Sunday. His release came hours before […]

A Palestinian journalist detained last week after reporting that Palestinian security services had assisted Israel in apprehending the suspected murderers of two Israeli settlers was freed Tuesday on bail. Salim Sweidan, owner of Nablus TV and a member of the board of directors of the Ma’an News Network, was granted bail of 1,000 Jordanian dinars […]