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Somaliland authorities launch fresh assault on media

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed deepening concern about the erosion of press freedom in Somaliland, a self-ruling region of Somalia where authorities have several times in recent months moved to shutter independent news media. In the latest incident, Information Minister Abdullahi Mohamed Dahir announced on Monday that the Hargeisa-based government had suspended Universal […]

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Austrian asylum advocate faces prison time over op-ed

An Austrian man who argued in an op-ed that some human smugglers perform a public service could spend up to two years in prison in a case that has chilling implications for free expression, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Michael Genner, the chairman of Asyl in Not (Asylum in Need), a Vienna-based group […]

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IPI welcomes acquittal of Egyptian cameraman

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the acquittal of Egyptian television cameraman Mohammed Badr more than six months after he was detained by security forces for allegedly carrying a weapon. Badr was acquitted yesterday along with 60 others arrested during a clash with security police on July 16, 2013. However, it was unclear when […]

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IPI awards prominent Iranian journalist its highest honour

The International Press Institute (IPI) today announced that Iranian journalist Mashallah Shamsolvaezin has been named the IPI World Press Freedom Hero. Shamsolvaezin is the former editor, and in some cases founder, of four reformist dailies, Kayhan, Jame’eh (later Tous), Neshat, and Asr-e Azadegan, which were all successively shut down by Iran’s authorities. He was jailed numerous […]

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