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IPI urges prosecutors to drop defamation charges in Slovenia

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, strongly criticises the defamation charges brought against the individuals who established and signed the “Petition Against Censorship and Political Pressures on Journalists in Slovenia” (the Petition). According to information before IPI, on 6 February 2008, a […]

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IPI welcomes German constitutional court decision limiting right of reply use

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, welcomes a decision by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany limiting the application of the Recht auf Gegendarstellung (Right of Reply) against print media. “This is a sensible decision on a media regulation that if wrongly […]

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IPI criticises legal proceedings against two Turkish cartoonists

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, strongly criticises the preliminary proceedings brought against Turkish cartoonists Musa Kart and Zafer Temocin. Both cartoonists are being investigated for caricatures considered insulting to the President. According to information before IPI, Musa Kart and Zafer Temocin, […]

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IPI calls for all charges against Lesotho journalist Thabo Thakalekoala to be dropped

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, calls for all charges against Lesotho journalist Thabo Thakalekoala to be dropped. These charges include High Treason, a charge that carries the death penalty. According to information before IPI, Thakalekoala was arrested on 22 June 2007, […]

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