The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, strongly condemns the decision by President Hugo Chávez not to renew the broadcast license of the privately-owned Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), Venezuela’s oldest commercial television station. According to information before IPI, Chávez made the announcement in […]

According to information provided to the International Press Institute (IPI), Trevor Ncube, the publisher of the privately owned Zimbabwe Independent and Zimbabwe Standard, is facing renewed attempts to deny him Zimbabwean citizenship. At present, Ncube is seeking a High Court order compelling the government to renew his application for citizenship after it was initially withdrawn. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, is deeply concerned by the ongoing intimidation and censorship of the Fijian press since the military coup d’état of 5 December 2006. In the most alarming development, Fiji’s Daily Post Editor-in-Chief, Robert Wolfgramm, is to be […]

The Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) has decided to name Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya as one of its World Press Freedom Heroes. “Politkovskaya’s nomination as our 51st World Press Freedom Hero is a tribute to her bravery, but also an acknowledgement of the struggles of the many courageous journalists working in Russia,” said […]