The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today urged Turkey’s president to veto changes to the country’s Internet law that could have severe implications for freedom of expression. President Abdullah Gul has until Feb. 25 to decide whether to reject the package, which critics say would, among […]

A bill unveiled last week in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) that would punish the publishing of sensitive computer data with 20 years in prison should be amended to include a public-interest exception in order to avoid a chilling effect on legitimate journalistic activity, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Under Section 13 of […]

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 […]

Grenada quietly allowed a controversial electronic defamation bill to become law last October despite government promises of reform, the International Press Institute (IPI) has learned from local sources. On Sept. 23, 2013, Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, responding to concerns that IPI and other groups had raised about the Electronic Crimes Bill, publicly announced: “I have […]