Following a three-day mission to Suriname as part of a six-country mission to the Caribbean, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today it looks forward to working with the Surinamese government on a legislative package that would decriminalise libel and insult as well as institute self-regulatory mechanisms to oversee media standards in the country. In […]

Dear IPI Members, Partners and Friends, As the New Year approaches I would like to announce changes in the leadership of the International Press Institute (IPI), a world’s leading organization fighting for press freedom, protection of human rights, freedom of expression, as well as the promotion of the free flow of information and high standards […]

Russian photographer Emil Gataullin received the prestigious Alfred Fried Photography Award in Vienna on Monday for a series of black-and-white images capturing the rhythms of rural life in his native country. The prize, now in its second year, celebrates the world’s best picture on the theme of peace. Gataullin was honoured at a ceremony inside […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has partnered with Austria’s Photographische Gesellschaft (PHG), publisher Edition Lammerhuber, UNESCO, the Austrian Parliament and the Austrian Parliamentary Reporting Association to present the 2014 Alfred Fried Photography Award for peace photograph of the year. Submissions for the Award, which carries a prize of €5,000, will be accepted until Sept. 5, […]