The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned the recent attack on Greek sports journalist George Tselikas. The attack is the latest in a series of attacks on Greek journalists, and is the third attack on a sports journalist in Greece this year. George Tselikas, who […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over the prosecution of Leadership group newspaper journalists Tony Amokeodo and Chibuzo Ukaibe. Reports said that Amokeodo, the Group’s news editor and Ukaibe, a political reporter, were re-arrested on April 15, and were charged the next day before a Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, with […]

H.E. Enrique Peña Nieto President of Mexico Residencia Oficial de Los Pinos, 11850, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal RE: Alleged threats against Veracruz journalists Vienna and Paris, April 18, 2013 Your Excellency, We are writing you on behalf of the International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) last week presented its view to leading Guyanese government officials that criminal defamation laws are an affront to the values of a democratic society and should be repealed. In a meeting with IPI delegates, Attorney General Anil Nandlall expressly agreed that journalists “should not go to jail for practising their […]