As U.S. troops continue to hand power over to Iraqi authorities in Iraq, IPI calls on the Iraqi government to protect press freedom in the country. Iraq remains the most dangerous country in the world for journalists – who now face a new threat in the form of a draft law published in Iraq on […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, calls on U.S. military authorities to abide by an Iraqi judicial panel decision ordering the immediate release of Bilal Hussein. According to information before IPI, in decisions dated April 9 and April 13, an Iraqi judicial […]

H.E. Donald H. Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000 USA Fax: +1-703-697 83 39 Vienna, 16 December 2005 Dear Mr. Secretary, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, is writing to express its concern at recent articles […]

On 4 September, Iraq’s interim government decided to extend its ban on Al-Jazeera’s Baghdad bureau for an indefinite period. In support of the ban the Iraqi authorities apparently forced their way into the offices of the Qatar-based satellite broadcaster, photographed equipment and then sealed the offices. Fourteen security guards were later stationed outside the Al-Jazeera […]