The Global Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations, of which the International Press Institute is a member, has endorsed a resolution by the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), another member, naming 2011 “The Year of Freedom of Expression in the Western Hemisphere”. IPI and other committee members agreed in a meeting on 10 December in New […]

One of Tunisia’s best-known bloggers and anti-censorship activists was arrested on Thursday, according to Global Voices Advocacy. Slim Amamou, who contributes to the Global Voices website, was going to work around 1pm when his friends and colleagues lost trace of him. He revealed his position, at the Ministry of Interior, around 6pm, through a geolocation […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) will hold its annual World Congress in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan), from 24-27 September 2011, the organisation today officially announced. The 2011 World Congress will mark the return of IPI’s annual event to East Asia after 12 years, when the world’s media community convened in Taipei in 1999. Themed “The […]

A year after President Michael Sata was elected in Zambia on promises to improve media freedom, his Patriotic Front party is patting itself on the back while some media workers remain sceptical about just how far the country has come. “My government’s agenda on the media is to ensure that it continuously challenges government to […]