Nearly 200 journalists gathered here at the No. 4 Old Fort Women’s Prison on a day that seemed to usher in the beginning of winter to hear the much-anticipated findings of the organization charged with designing a “gold standard” regulatory system for print media. It was only a year-and-a-half ago that observers from around the […]

The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of publishers, editors and leading journalists, today sent an open letter to President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, urging him to reject the Protection of State Information Bill if it is not amended to allow a public interest defence plea. The letter is signed by IPI’s […]

Today a good friend of the International Press Institute (IPI) is celebrating his 80th birthday. It is with sincere respect and gratitude that we say Happy Birthday to Bishop Desmond Tutu, a staunch supporter of press freedom, freedom of speech and other basic human rights. It was just last year that Bishop Tutu sent us […]

The members of the International Press Institute, meeting at the 60th annual IPI General Assembly at the IPI World Congress 2011 in Taipei, Taiwan, on 26 September 2011, unanimously passed  seven resolutions condemning serious violations of press freedom around the world. Focal points of the resolutions were: -A request for the repeal of criminal defamation […]