The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned an air strike by Saudi-led coalition forces on the offices of the Sana’a-based television station Yemen Today that left a journalist and three others dead, and which reports said specifically targeted the station. The air strike came amid the Saudi-led coalition’s four-week campaign against Houthi rebels who have […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned a Chinese court decision sentencing veteran investigative journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Gao Yu to seven years in prison for allegedly leaking state secrets. “This disturbing decision – which punishes a journalist for allegedly sharing materials highlighting the ideology behind Beijing’s policies, information undoubtedly of public […]

A Syrian anti-terrorism court yesterday again postponed proceedings in the case against International Press Institute (IPI) World Press Freedom Hero Mazen Darwish, founder of the Syria Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM). The next court date is scheduled for April 28, the SCM said in a statement noting that the court gave no reason […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) this week remembered former IPI Executive Board Chair David Laventhol, who died on April 8 at his home in New York due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. Laventhol, 81, was a long-time IPI member whose career in journalism included high-profile roles as assistant managing editor of The Washington Post, president […]