The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed a Kenya court’s decision declaring the country’s criminal libel law unconstitutional. High Court Judge John Mativo ruled yesterday that Penal Code Sec. 194’s criminal penalties, including up to two years behind bars, ran counter to the Constitution’s guarantee of free expression, especially given Kenyans’ ability to seek redress […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined international observers in calling on Kenya to conduct a full investigation into the beating death last week of a journalist in an attack that his colleagues said may be linked to reports on a case before the International Criminal Court. According to local media, journalist John Kituyi, 63, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed alarm over a proposed law in Kenya that stipulates heavy fines or jail terms for journalists and others deemed to have defamed the country’s Parliament. Members of the National Assembly, the lower house of the Kenyan Parliament, passed the Powers and Privileges Bill on Oct. 14. Under Clause […]

As violent attacks on journalists surge to an unprecedented level with at least 55 confirmed dead in connection with their job so far this year according to the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Death Watch, 2015 may end up as one of the deadliest years for journalists since the beginning of the new millennium, participants at an […]