mThe International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, has again called on Egypt to release award-winning photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid aka Shawkan. The Egyptian government has given no explanation for the latest delay in Shawkan’s release, which should have occurred earlier this month after the initiation of release procedures. In […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for media freedom, has written to Egyptian President Abel Fattah el-Sisi, requesting him to provide details about the current situation of jailed journalists Mahmoud Abu Zeid and Ismail Alexandrani and to ensure their release. In a letter sent last week, […]

The General Assembly of the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, yesterday unanimously approved a resolution calling on Egypt to release all jailed journalists and to end harassment of independent news sites. The resolution comes shortly after the Egyptian authorities refused to honour a court order to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) today called on the Haitian justice system to take seriously the findings of an official investigation into the 2000 murder of journalist Jean Léopold Dominique. The judge leading the investigation, Yvickel Dabrésil, presented a report to a Haitian appeals court on Friday recommending […]