The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes the recent decision by the Parliament in South Africa to repeal the offense of criminal defamation.  The South African deputy minister of justice, John Jeffery, announced the move in a tweet on December 6 saying, “This afternoon, Parliament repealed the common law crime of criminal defamation which is something […]

The IPI global network condemns the recent decision by Russian authorities to revoke accreditation for Daily Maverick journalist Peter Fabricius for the Russia-Africa summit taking place this week in St. Petersburg. The Summit’s Organising Committee did not provide reasons for the revocation nor did they afford the journalist an avenue to appeal the decision. Fabricius […]

The IPI global network welcomes a South African High Court decision overturning a gag order against investigative outlet Amabhungane in relation to its reporting on the Moti Group company.  Moti Group had brought legal action against Amabhungane after the news outlet, using leaked files, published a critical exposé on the company’s business activities in Zimbabwe […]

Journalists across Africa continued to bring the public critical news and information about elections, political protests, and conflict, while also facing risks to their safety and security, as IPI’s monitoring of press freedom violations for the month of March showed.  According to IPI data on press freedom threats and violations, 103 incidents were identified across […]