The members of the International Press Institute (IPI), meeting at their 61st Annual General Assembly during the IPI World Congress on 25 June, 2012 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, adopted by unanimous vote a resolution calling on Turkey to free the many journalists imprisoned because of their work and to respect freedom of […]

The members of the International Press Institute (IPI), meeting at their 60th Annual General during the IPI World Congress on 26 September 2011 in Taipei, Taiwan, adopted by unanimous vote a resolution calling on Turkey to respect freedom of the press. Turkey’s Justice Ministry has acknowledged that at least 64 journalists are currently imprisoned in […]

Meeting at their Annual General Assembly on 13 September 2010 in Vienna, Austria, IPI members unanimously condemned the continued imprisonment in Turkey of dozens of journalists and called on the Turkish authorities to release all journalists jailed because of their work. Reportedly more than 40 Turkish journalists are currently in prison, some awaiting trial, because […]