In an unprecedented ruling, on Wednesday, a United States federal judge ordered the Cuban Communist Party and the government of Raul Castro to pay a total of US$27.5 million to the mother of jailed Cuban journalist Omar Rodriguez Saludes – for whose release IPI has intensively campaigned as part of its Justice Denied Campaign. “This […]

Georgian authorities on Wednesday released journalist Shalva Ramishvili from prison, after he served a full four-year term for alleged blackmail. Ramishvili, a former reporter for – and part owner of – TV broadcaster ‘202’, has always protested his innocence, claiming his conviction was punishment for his criticism of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili. Ramishvili was the […]

An Istanbul criminal court has ordered the closure, for one month, of Günlük newspaper – which is known for raising issues related to Turkey’s Kurdish minority – over an article considered by the court to constitute propaganda for a terrorist organisation. The article was published earlier this month. The verdict, handed down on Friday 22 […]

Six Gambian journalists sentenced in early August to two years in prison on six counts of criminal defamation and sedition have filed an appeal. Emil Touray, Sarata Jabbi-Dibba, Pa Modou Fall, Pap Saine, Ebrima Sawaneh, Sam Sarr and Abubakar Saidykhan were first arrested after publishing, on behalf of the Gambia Press Union, a joint statement […]