Leer en español The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned threats made by police officials against a journalist with the Spanish news site Público after the site revealed alleged corruption implicating members of law enforcement and it called on authorities to launch a comprehensive investigation. Público this week published recordings of telephone conversations in […]

Read in English El Instituto International de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés) condena las amenazas de miembros del cuerpo de la policía vertidas contra una periodista del diario español Público, tras sacar a la luz una presunta trama de corrupción en la que éstos estarían implicados. Además, el IPI insta a la […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) this week welcomed the Spanish government’s decision to drop fines against a reporter who posted online a photo of police making an arrest, ending the first case against a journalist under a controversial provision of Spain’s notorious 2015 “gag law”*. But IPI criticized the government for waiting until one week […]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today released a comparative study “Defamation and Insult Laws in the OSCE Region” finding that criminal law remains an instrument to excessively limit media freedom. Commissioned by the representative and conducted by International Press Institute (IPI) Director of Press […]