Dear Attorney-General, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, is writing to urge your office to bring those responsible for the 16 October 1975 murder in East Timor of five journalists, known collectively as the “Balibo Five”, to justice. In November 2007, a […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, welcomes the establishment of a Press Freedom Monitoring Centre in Kathmandu by IPI’s National Committee in Nepal. The Centre, which started operating on 12 February, will monitor the status of, and challenges to, press freedom and […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is alarmed by the recent death threat against Croatian journalist Drago Hedl. According to information before SEEMO, on 12 February 2008, Drago Hedl, editor of […]

Between 14 and 17 January 2008, the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, joined the fourth International Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression Mission to Nepal, together with 11 other international organisations, including UN agencies, global media associations, freedom of expression advocates and media development organisations. With […]