Know a journalist whose bravery deserves to be honoured? Or an innovative news outlet that is revolutionizing the public’s access to the news? The International Press Institute (IPI) and International Media Support (IMS) are now welcoming nominations for the 2021 IPI World Press Freedom Hero Award and the IPI-IMS Free Media Pioneer Award! IPI’s World […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined with 23 other free expression groups in an open letter calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to release imprisoned Syrian activist and lawyer Mazen Darwish and two of his colleagues. The groups signing yesterday’s letter are members of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), a global network of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on the Syrian government to release IPI World Press Freedom Hero Mazen Darwish, who has been imprisoned for over three years on spurious terrorism charges. IPI also called for the release of two of Darwish’s colleagues from the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) detained […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today named as its 67th World Press Freedom Hero prominent Syrian lawyer and human rights defender Mazen Darwish, who has advocated for media freedom in his country for more than 10 years, and for the last three from behind bars. IPI also announced Mexican journalists’ network Periodistas de a Pie […]