The International Press Institute (IPI) this week remembered journalist and long-time IPI member Gerd Bacher, who died of a stroke on Saturday at the age of 89. Known for his dedication to independent journalism, especially radio and television, Bacher served as the director general of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) for 20 years intermittently between […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) was troubled to learn of the deaths of two journalists in Mexico and urged the country’s federal government to conduct impartial and thorough investigations in both cases. Gunmen shot radio broadcaster Filadelfo Sánchez Sarmiento on Thursday morning in Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, a town in the southern state of Oaxaca. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed a decision by Tanzanian lawmakers to heed demands from media groups and withdraw two proposed acts that purported to strengthen free expression and access to information but would instead undermine those rights as the country approaches fall elections. The government on Friday announced that Parliament will not discuss […]

A ruling yesterday by Turkey’s Constitutional Court that a journalist’s suspended prison sentence for “insulting” public officials via the media violated the freedom of expression is a positive development, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. But IPI added that the true test of the impact of the decision, which cited rulings by the European […]