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Learning lessons from Jordan’s website licensing law

Journalists in Arab countries are facing mounting challenges – kidnappings, assassinations and imprisonment amongst them – Nidal Mansour said the other day in opening the third Arab Forum for Media Freedom Defenders, or MFD. Mansour heads the Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists, an Amman group that documents efforts to subvert the news media. One […]

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IPI presses for changes to British Virgin Islands cybercrime bill

The International Press Institute (IPI) has appealed to British Virgin Islands Governor Boyd McCleary to withhold his assent of a recently approved cybercrime bill that could hamper the ability of journalists to do their jobs. In a letter to McCleary, IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie urged the governor to return the Computer Misuse and […]

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IPI calls for Sri Lanka to allow access to news websites

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern at press freedom restrictions imposed by the Sri Lankan government, in particular the blockage of the Colombo Telegraph and other news websites in Sri Lanka. “Sri Lanka must ensure that the website of the Colombo Telegraph and other news websites are not blocked in the country, as […]

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IPI deeply disappointed by Turkey Twitter ban

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today expressed deep disappointment at efforts by Turkey to shut down access to Twitter ahead of local elections. Reuters said that Twitter users in Turkey reported widespread outages today, with some browsers displaying a statement by Turkey’s telecommunications provider citing […]

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