A court ruling in Ecuador this week requiring the newspaper La Hora to publicly apologise to the government for an article containing “inexact” information constitutes a serious threat to press freedom and transparency ahead of the country’s February presidential vote, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. A decision issued by a civil judge on […]

This year of continuing change in the world of news media has also been marked by an appalling and disturbing truth: an unprecedented 133 journalists were killed in the line of duty or as a consequence of their reporting in 2012. This year’s figure is the highest since the International Press Institute (IPI) started systematically […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today released a report on its May 2012 press freedom mission to Ecuador, stating that the nation’s private media outlets are being targeted by the government of President Rafael Correa. The nearly 30-page report enumerates diverse tactics directed at the private press by the Correa administration, including the pursuit of legal […]

An $80,000 fine levied against an Ecuadorean magazine accused of spreading political propaganda constitutes a direct attack on freedom of expression, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Ecuador’s Electoral Arbitration Tribunal (TCE, according to its Spanish acronym) ruled last week that a May 4, 2011 editorial published by Vistazo magazine urging voters to reject […]