The Freedom for Journalists Platform (GOP), an umbrella group representing local and national free expression groups in Turkey, has released a formal declaration calling on the country’s government to take major steps to reverse a sharp decline in the state of press freedom and freedom of expression in recent years. Members of the GOP, which […]

The International Press Institute today urged Nigeria’s government to support the development of a voluntary media self-regulatory system, rather than a statutory press council. The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) in recent weeks have criticised what NPAN characterised as “a clandestine move to revive the moribund Press […]

The German National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI) yesterday spoke out against the conviction of numerous Turkish journalists in the alleged “Ergenekon” coup plot case. The committee’s chairman, former IPI Executive Board Chairman Prof. Dr. Carl-Eugen Eberle, said in a statement that the convictions raised the spectre of continued intimidation of journalists that […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned reported threats against journalists by city hall staff in the southern Serbian city of Nis. According to local sources, on Aug. 6 city hall security ejected a TV crew from local Nis-based TV Belle Amie. A video recorded […]