Government officials in the Dominican Republic have agreed on the need to remove criminal penalties for defamation from the national press law, the International Press Institute (IPI) reported following its second visit to the country in the last 12 months. “We are pleased that there is consensus to modernise Law No. 6132, which regulates the […]

Recent moves by members of Slovakia’s judiciary are creating growing pressure that threatens press freedom in the country, the Slovak Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI) said Saturday. IPI Slovensko made the claim in a statement expressing “deep concern” over two recent cases in which the group alleged that members of the judiciary have […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed concern about the recent physical attack on Gezim Bimbashi, a journalist for Kosovo public broadcaster RTK. Bimbashi was brutally beaten on Monday at around 12:50 pm on “Sumadija” Square in Kosovo’s northern town of Mitrovica. He was attacked […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the attempted assassination of journalist Mansour Nour in Yemen and urged authorities to take adequate steps in combating the persisting violence reporters face in the country. A few days after the attempted bombing of the headquarters of Yemen Shabab TV and Al Masdar newspaper, the Freedom Foundation for […]