The International Press Institute (IPI) today reiterated its firm support for Israeli journalist Uri Blau, whose indictment on charges of possessing classified military documents was announced by the country’s attorney general this morning. Blau, an investigative reporter with Haaretz, is accused of having been in possession of thousands of secret Israeli Defense Force documents passed […]

The International Press Institute condemned Israel’s raid last week on a Palestinian television channel, Al-Asir TV, and the detention of the station’s director, Baha Khairi Attalah Moussa. Israeli institutions apparently have no idea why the station was raided. Moussa is expected to be in court tomorrow, May 24, where he will learn whether he will […]

All 27 executive board members of the International Press Institute (IPI), the world’s oldest global press freedom organisation, expressed unanimous support last week for Israeli journalist Uri Blau. Blau faces charges under Israel’s Espionage Act and seven years in prison over articles he wrote for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz using classified military documents passed to […]

On Sunday, TV and newspaper journalists gathered in Tel Aviv to protest against a bill that would drastically increase the penalty for libel, as well as a number of recent events that journalists have said demonstrate government encroachment on media independence. Knesset Ministers Meir Sheetrit (Kadima) and Yariv Levin (Likud) have proposed a bill that […]