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 […]

This statement is issued by members of the ‘International Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression Mission to Nepal’. · ARTICLE 19 · Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) · International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) · International Media Support (IMS) · International Press Institute (IPI) · Press Institute of India (PII) · Reporters sans Frontičres (RSF) · […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 112 countries, condemns in the strongest possible terms the severe restrictions on press freedom included in the “Ordinance Amending some of the Nepal Act related to Media, 2062,” promulgated by King Gyanendra on 9 October. The ordinance will […]

According to information before the International Press Institute (IPI), hundreds of journalists have been arrested and detained this week as protests against the state’s current restrictions on reporting continue. In the most recent development, on 13 June, police in the Kavre district postponed diffusing a bomb in order to intervene in a peaceful protest to […]