The International Press Institute (IPI) condemns this week’s conviction of two Ecuadorean journalists on charges of causing moral harm to President Rafael Correa. Christian Zurita and Juan Carlos Calderón were each ordered to pay US $1 million to the Ecuadorean leader, in addition to $100,000 to the president’s lawyers, because of their 2010 book “Big […]

Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE representative on freedom of the media, and Faith Pansy Tlakula, special rapporteur on freedom of expression and access to information of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), are the latest additions to a stellar line-up of speakers at this year’s IPI World Congress to be held in Port of […]

A South Sudanese journalist covering a session of the country’s National Assembly yesterday was removed and later allegedly assaulted by security guards, according to news reports. The incident is but the latest in a series of aggressive acts against journalists in South Sudan — raising doubts about the newly independent state’s commitment to press freedom. […]

A Slovak court last week reportedly blocked publication of a book implicating a private equity group in a high-level graft scandal. Local media said a Bratislava court on Thursday granted the Penta group’s request for a preliminary injunction against a book containing information from the so-called “Gorilla” file. The file, which has already circulated online, […]