The Israeli Palestinian Journalists’ Forum of the International Press Institute (IPI) began today following an opening dinner and award ceremony on Tuesday night at Vienna’s historic Hofburg Palace. The opening dinner was marked by the presentation of IPI’s first Dialogue for Press Freedom Award to Turkish journalist and WINPEACE co-founder Zeynep Oral. Handing over the […]

Deutsche Version finden Sie unten ******************************* The International Press Institute (IPI) on Wednesday announced that it will hold the Israeli-Palestinian Journalists Forum (IPJF), a dialogue initiative, in Vienna, Austria from 14-16 June 2011. The Forum aims to facilitate long-term dialogue about press freedom between journalists in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. IPI’s Constitution, originally adopted […]

Israel on Wednesday deported hundreds of activists, and a number of foreign journalists, who had been detained after a Gaza-bound flotilla they were aboard was stormed on Tuesday in an operation that left nine people dead. However, several journalists remained in custody at 15:30 CET. Mustafa Baig, from Aaj TV’s editorial desk, told IPI that […]

A day after Israeli commandos intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens, over 30 journalists who were on board the boats reportedly remained in detention in Israel. A communications blackout was imposed on them, and on the hundreds of activists from the boats who also remained detained as they underwent […]