Over the past 62 years, the International Press Institute has worked diligently to promote press freedom, dialogue among people and best practices among journalists. To that end, IPI and its Azerbaijan National Committee are delighted to host next week – in partnership with several media organizations and oil and gas industry experts and practitioners – […]

The International Press Institute welcomed the release on bail of Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, on Sep. 12 and urged Indian authorities to drop all charges against him. Trivedi was arrested on Saturday evening and charged with sedition over a series of cartoons he produced for an anti-corruption campaign. Local newspaper The Hindustan Times reported that […]

The International Press Institute (IPI)’s Turkish National Committee today welcomed Turkey’s release of two journalists from prison pending trial, but the group heavily criticised ongoing proceedings against journalists the government accuses of supporting terrorism. A court in Istanbul yesterday ordered the release of Çağdaş Ulus from the daily Vatan newspaper and Cihan Ablay from Demokratik […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned a judge’s ruling yesterday in the Dominican Republic that sentenced a journalist to three months in prison for defamation Melton Pineda is the second Dominican journalist to face prison for defamation in 2012, following the January conviction of Johnny Alberto Salazar, whose case was later overturned on appeal. […]