In a joint global effort, the International Press Institute (IPI), the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) and fifteen other international organisations today called on Syrian authorities to drop all charges against recently released Syrian journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Mazen Darwish and two colleagues, Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Gharir. […]

Lesen Sie diesen Artikel auf Deutsch The German National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI) said today that press freedom in Germany had been strengthened by events in connection with the investigation of two journalists from the website netzpolitik.org on suspicion of treason. Following vigorous protests against the launching of the investigation, the public […]

Read this article in English Das Deutsche Nationalkomitee des International Press Institute IPI sieht die Pressefreiheit in Deutschland durch die Vorgänge im Zusammenhang mit dem Ermittlungsverfahren wegen Landesverrats gegen zwei Journalisten von netzpolitik.org gestärkt. Nach heftigen Protesten gegen die Einleitung des Ermittlungsverfahrens wurde das die Pressefreiheit tangierende Vorgehen des Generalbundesanwalts vom Bundesjustizminister gestoppt, der Generalbundesanwalt […]

Renowned Syrian journalist Mazen Darwish, the International Press Institute’s (IPI) 2015 World Press Freedom Hero, was freed today after spending nearly three-and-a-half years behind bars in his home country on spurious terrorism charges. Yara Bader, Mazen’s wife and the director of the Syrian Centre for Media Freedom (SCM), the organisation founded by Darwish in 2004 to protect […]