The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed disappointment in a European Court of Human Rights’ decision that a Finnish journalist’s arrest and conviction for ignoring police commands during a violent protest did not violate his right to free expression. A divided panel on Tuesday ruled that the interference with weekly Suomen Kuvalehti photographer Markus Pentikäinen’s […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today said it was concerned about reports that a police officer in Bosnia and Herzegovina struck a journalist in the head with a baton. A local police officer in Tuzla allegedly struck Branislav Pavicic of RTV Slon yesterday near the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed deepening concern about the erosion of press freedom in Somaliland, a self-ruling region of Somalia where authorities have several times in recent months moved to shutter independent news media. In the latest incident, Information Minister Abdullahi Mohamed Dahir announced on Monday that the Hargeisa-based government had suspended Universal […]

An Austrian man who argued in an op-ed that some human smugglers perform a public service could spend up to two years in prison in a case that has chilling implications for free expression, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Michael Genner, the chairman of Asyl in Not (Asylum in Need), a Vienna-based group […]