Egyptian authorities have sentenced three Al Jazeera reporters to lengthy prison terms based on ungrounded and extraordinary claims, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed, reporters for Al Jazeera English, were sentenced today on charges  they were conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood to broadcast false reports of civil […]

A Slovak court’s decision ordering a tabloid to apologise to a judge for its reporting on a private party where attendees allegedly made light of a mass murder sets a dangerous precedent, the International Press Institute (IPI) and its Slovak National Committee said today. A Bratislava court on Monday ordered daily tabloid Nový Čas to apologise […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on the U.S. Justice Department to bring to a close its criminal investigation into Wikileaks over the website’s role in the publication of leaked Defense and State Department documents in 2010. Authorities have acknowledged that a criminal investigation targeting Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange, remains ongoing four […]

Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court ruled on June 12 that the country’s criminal defamation law violates a constitutional safeguard on freedom of expression. The ruling came in a case against two journalists charged with criminal defamation following a complaint by Munyaradzi Kereke, a member of the ruling Zanu PF party. Kereke filed the complaint in 2011 against […]