The International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) today reiterated their call for the Ethiopian authorities drop terrorism charges against Eskinder Nega and immediately free him from prison, along with other journalists who are currently being held in connection with their work. While Nega was supposed to have […]

The International Press Institute condemned the violent attacks carried out against four Baghdad newspapers on Monday, and expressed its concern over the continued insecurity of journalists working in Iraq. Four Baghdad newspapers – Al Parliman, Al Dustour, Al Mustaqila, and Al Nas – were attacked by gunmen on April 1, 2013, according to news reports. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today reiterated its demand that Cuban authorities immediately release the independent journalist Calixto Martínez Arias, who was imprisoned last September for allegedly insulting former president Fidel Castro and his brother, current president Raúl Castro, under the country’s criminal-defamation laws. Last week, Martínez ended his second hunger strike in less than […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed a recent move in Australia dropping proposed legal reforms that would have had serious consequences for press freedom in the country. Following hefty criticism by local and international media and press freedom groups, Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s government on March 21 withdrew proposals that, among other provisions, would […]