The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, strongly condemns the shutdown of the privately owned Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), Venezuela’s oldest commercial television station, which was closed at midnight, 27 May 2007. RCTV’s signal was immediately transferred to a new state-backed broadcasting company, […]

In response to the events of yesterday in Kazakhstan, the Director of the International Press Institute (IPI), Johann P. Fritz, has issued a further statement about the silencing of the KTK and Karavan media organisations. “It now seems that the enforced closures of the media organisations were motivated by the desire of the authorities to […]

According to information provided to the International Press Institute (IPI), a number of media organisations and other businesses in Kazakhstan have been closed and their staff ordered by the authorities to remain inside the buildings. At 5 p.m. (local time) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, four individuals from the General Prosecutors Office (GPO), accompanied by six police […]

According to information provided to the International Press Institute (IPI), a Danish cartoonist was arrested in Vienna, Austria, today over a poster portraying the image of Russian president, Vladimir Putin. The Danish cartoonist, Jan Egesborg, who works for the independent art group Surrend.org, was arrested at the Vienna underground station Karlsplatz while putting up posters […]