Turkish President Abdullah Gül spoke out against censorship yesterday, but Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan defended barring some media outlets from covering their Justice and Development Party (AKP)’s convention in Ankara last Sunday. Gül said in remarks opening the legislative year at Turkey’s parliament: “When writers, thinkers and intellectuals share their opinions without fear, such […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the Argentine government’s use of television advertising to threaten Grupo Clarín, and renewed its call on President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to end her verbal attacks on the press. Speaking yesterday before a group of students in the Washington, Kirchner complained that “when a journalist doesn’t like something, […]

At least one media worker was killed, and many more injured on Friday in Pakistan, during a national day of protests against “Innocence of Muslims“, a film ridiculing the Prophet Mohammed. IPI strongly condemns the violence directed at the media during several days of demonstrations against the film, which culminated on the “Love of Mohammed“ […]

Madan Paudel, a journalist with Radio Tamor in the eastern district of Taplejung, Nepal has been missing for over a week. Local newspapers said that the whereabouts of the journalist is unknown and reportedly criticised security agencies for not carrying out thorough investigations. Paudel reportedly went missing on Sep. 16 after attending an event called […]