Calls in Europe for the abolition of the continent’s remaining blasphemy laws have grown louder following last week’s deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo, a French magazine known for its unsparing religious satire. At least 14 EU member states maintain criminal blasphemy or religious insult laws, according to research led by the International Press Institute (IPI). […]

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 […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over pending criminal charges against two Danish journalists who say Denmark may be losing the fight against the spread of a strain of drug-resistant bacteria. Sweden’s Göteborgs-Posten reported, in an article posted in English by the Global Investigative Journalism Network, that Nils Mulvad and Kjeld Hansen of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has urged the prime minister of Denmark to withdraw two measures that would restrict voters’ access to information connected to the law-making process. The controversial proposals, part of a revision of Denmark’s public information law currently before parliament, would “prevent journalists from giving voters the information they need to ensure […]