Following is the text of a letter addressed by IPI Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie to the media and state representatives of Kenya on the occasion of the national elections on March 4, 2013 Today Kenyans go to the polls to elect a new president, and in the event that no candidate has an absolute […]

The following is a statement signed by over 30 IFEX members and initiated by the International Press Institute (IPI) that is directed at member states of the Organisation of American States (OAS).  The original link can be found here.  To read IPI’s full report on the efforts to undermine the Special Rapporteur, click here. IFEX […]

A delegation of the International Press Institute has completed a weeklong research mission to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza that focused on the current status of conflict coverage by local media. The team included: IPI World Press Freedom Hero Daoud Kuttab, who runs Ammannet.net in Jordan; IPI Senior Press Freedom Adviser Naomi Hunt; and […]

An estimated 76 journalists* are currently imprisoned in Turkey. They are victims of anti-terrorism legislation and of a criminal justice system that does not differentiate between terrorists and journalists who write about terrorism. As a result, fear among the media has spread and journalists practise self-censorship to avoid being thrown in jail — all of […]