The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed an Egyptian court’s decision granting a retrial in the case of 13 journalists and media workers sentenced to life imprisonment and one sentenced to death, but emphasised that the state must provide clear proof of any crimes and ensure that the defendants receive a fair trial. Egypt’s Court […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today issued an open letter of support for imprisoned Turkish journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, who face life behind bars for revealing evidence purporting to show Turkey secretly sending weapons to Islamist rebel groups in Syria. “You and all journalists who seek to report truth in Turkey face tremendous […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and eight other leading media freedom watchdogs, and some 29 public figures from around the globe, in calling on Turkish authorities to immediately release Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar and the paper’s Ankara bureau chief, Erdem Gül. The groups made the call as they launched an […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Vatican City to drop criminal charges against two Italian journalists it accuses of publishing classified information in books that have cast the city-state and the Catholic hierarchy in a harsh light. A Vatican judge earlier this week ruled that the case against Emiliano Fittipaldi and Gianluigi Nuzzi, […]