A Syrian judge yesterday postponed the trial of IPI World Press Freedom Hero Mazen Darwish again, but in a troubling move set no new court date. The development is particularly concerning given the fact that Darwish and his fellow imprisoned colleagues from the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) – Hussain Ghrer […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today mourned the passing of publisher, journalist and long-time IPI member Norbert Neininger, who died on Saturday following a battle with cancer. Neininger, 64, was a respected, well-known journalist, who served the Swiss daily Schaffhauser Nachrichten for more than 40 years as contributor, chief editor and publisher. He was also […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) said today that it was deeply concerned over recent attacks and threats against journalists in Croatia and the Republic of Macedonia / Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as well as the case of a Serbian journalist denied entry to Russia. In Croatia, three unknown assailants beat freelance […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the suspended six-month prison sentence given to Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais over his book outlining human rights abuses connected with the country’s diamond mining industry, saying the outcome represented “a cynical abuse of law”. A judge in Luanda yesterday issued the sentenced after finding Marques guilty […]