The International Press Institute (IPI) is disappointed at the failure on 13 August of Kazakhstan’s highest court to quash a prison sentence for a newspaper editor. The three-year sentence handed down to Kazakh Ramazan Yesergepov, editor-in-chief of Alma-ata Info, a small-circulation independent weekly newspaper, sparked worldwide condemnation and has cast a dark shadow over the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) calls for a transparent investigation into the 14 August murder of Aaj TV correspondent Sadiq Bacha Khan, who was gunned down in broad daylight on his way to work in Mardan, a town in the restive North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Khan was a former president of the Mardan […]

Just days after the Iraqi government published a draft law that appears to pave the way for government interference in the media, a 100 million Iraqi dinar (€60,000) fine levied on Wednesday against Iraqi satellite broadcaster Al-Sharqiya for “misquoting” a top military spokesperson is another ominous signal that press freedom in Iraq is deteriorating, the […]

Venezuela’s National Assembly passed on Thursday a controversial new education law that further damages the country’s already-deteriorating media freedom climate. As deputies voted, pro-government demonstrators outside the National Assembly reportedly assaulted journalists covering the events. The draft “Law on Education” (Ley Orgánico de Educación), which will replace the current law of 1980, makes the teaching […]