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, […]

Between 14 and 17 January 2008, the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, joined the fourth International Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression Mission to Nepal, together with 11 other international organisations, including UN agencies, global media associations, freedom of expression advocates and media development organisations. With […]

In an open letter, the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, criticises the ongoing failure of the Turkish government to reform the internationally denounced article 301 of the Turkish penal code. This criticism comes in the week of the first anniversary of the […]

Your Excellencies, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, would like to express its disappointment at the Turkish government’s failure to initiate reform of the criminal defamation articles laid down in the Turkish penal code, in particular article 301. As you are aware, […]