The Ethiopian government announced on Monday that it has filed criminal charges against five of the country’s largest-selling magazines and an affiliated newspaper, local media reported. The Ministry of Justice said in a statement that the six periodicals and their publishers face charges due to “repeated acts of incitement and dissemination of false rumors intended […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned Ethiopian authorities’ decision to bring terrorism charges against three journalists and seven bloggers. The group, one of whom was charged in absentia, is accused of planning attacks to “destabilize” Ethiopia and working with the U.S.-based opposition group, Ginbot 7, which Ethiopian authorities consider a terrorist organisation, news […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) this week mourned the loss of Finnish columnist, editor and long-time IPI member Olli Kivinen, 75, who died on Sunday of a sudden illness at his summer house in southern Finland. Kivinen was one of the strongest advocates among Finland’s media for the country’s European integration. In the late 1980s, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) yesterday joined an international call for an end to two decades of repression and impunity for human rights violations in Gambia on the 20th anniversary of President Yahya Jammeh’s rise to power. The full text of the statement, also posted on the website of Article 19, appears below. Joint Statement […]