The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over the future “Law on Criminal Proceedings,” which could have troublesome implications for freedom of expression. The law would grant presiding judges the discretion – or consider requests by prosecutors – to order media outlets, under the threat of criminal liability, to cease reporting on legal procedures. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today mourned the passing of Spanish journalist, long-time IPI member and friend José Luis Gutiérrez Suárez, who fought and in 2010 won a more-than-a-decade-long battle to vindicate his right to free expression. Gutiérrez, 68, was found dead in his Madrid apartment yesterday. He reportedly was involved in a recent motorcycle […]

The Cuban government has revoked the credentials of a longtime foreign correspondent because of his alleged negative reporting, news reports said. The journalist has reported from Cuba for Spanish newspaper El País and the radio network Cadena SER for 20 years but is now barred from working as a journalist on the island, El País […]

The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday ruled that Spain’s sentencing of a Spanish editor over an article in his newspaper linking Morocco’s now-deceased King Hassan II to drug-dealers was a violation of Article 10 of the European Convention, which protects the rights of freedom of expression and of the press. The case dates […]