More than six years after her detention and torture, Nepalese journalist Meena Sharma Tiwari has been granted compensation of 15,000 Nepalese rupees (150 euros) by the Appellate Court. Tiwari is the fourth Nepalese journalist to receive compensation in connection with detention and mistreatment by the authorities. “IPI welcomes the judgment as an important sign of […]

“This fine represents an unsettling trend in Europe – the erosion of journalists’ right to protect their sources,’’ said IPI Director David Dadge. “In Sabina Slonkova’s case, and similar rulings in France and Britain, courts have said that the fundamental right to protect the confidentiality of sources does not apply. Without this right, investigative journalism […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation today reiterated earlier calls for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to refrain from verbal attacks on the media. This latest call follows the 30 January assault on journalists during a public speech in which the prime minister condemned the press for being […]

The IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), of which IPI is a member, on 29 January deplored the aggressive interference by police with the Tunis-based offices of Radio Kalima, an independent media outlet in Tunisia that runs an online news site and web-based radio station. Editor-in-Chief Sihem Bensadrine, who is also the founder of the Conseil […]