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) joined observers around the world in condemning the brutal attack today on the Paris offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in which 12 people were killed. UPDATE: This statement was revised on Jan. 8, 2015 to add further information on the victims and on the alleged attackers. “IPI is appalled […]

“Flabbergasting”. It was the only word one French police agent could find to describe the riches seized in a Feb. 2012 raid on an €80 million Paris apartment belonging to Teodorin Obiang (Jr.), son of Equatorial Guinea’s long-serving dictator. Millions (upon millions) of euros worth of wine, art, and furniture—all, according to the French NGOs […]

Read in English Il reste deux ans et 26 jours aux gouvernements pour atteindre les objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement (OMD), fixés en 2000 par l’ONU, en réponse aux grandes  déclarations en faveur de l’amélioration de la condition humaine. Moyennant un effort supplémentaire, plusieurs objectifs pourraient être atteints alors que pour d’autres, un urgent besoin de […]