The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the Sudanese government’s suspension of a newspaper that has reported on allegations of high-level corruption, the latest move by the authorities to muzzle independent news media. Sudan’s state intelligence agency, or NISS, announced the suspension of the Al-Sayha daily on May 20 after confiscating its press run. It […]

Members of the International Press Institute (IPI) yesterday, meeting at their 62nd General Assembly, approved four resolutions and endorsed a call demanding that Ugandan authorities end the siege of a newspaper’s headquarters. The members approved resolutions welcoming the Pan African Parliament’s launch of a continent-wide press freedom campaign and calling on states to implement laws […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is extremely troubled by an attack on the Dainik Ganadoot newspaper Sunday, May 19, in the northeastern Indian state capital of Agartala, which left three employees dead. IPI today urged local police to thoroughly investigate the attack and bring those responsible to justice. According to local reports, several masked assailants […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed outrage that the U.S. government searched a reporter’s private communications on the ground that his use of flattery to obtain information from a State Department source made him a co-conspirator to espionage. In a court affidavit first obtained last week by The Washington Post, the FBI said there […]