Declaration: 2015 Joint International Emergency Mission to Turkey Following the conclusion of an Oct. 19 to 21, 2015 joint international emergency press freedom mission to Turkey, representatives of participating international, regional and local groups dedicated to press freedom and free expression find that pressure on journalists operating in Turkey has severely escalated in the period between parliamentary elections held June 7 and the […] Read more »
Freedom of Expression, Media Law and Defamation [separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”10″ bottom_margin=”10″ sep_color=”#eae9e9″ border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”no” icon_circle_color=”#ffffff” width=”” alignment=”center” class=”” id=””] [separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”20″ bottom_margin=”20″ sep_color=”#eae9e9″ border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”no” icon_circle_color=”#ffffff” width=”” alignment=”center” class=”” id=””] “Freedom of Expression, Media Law and Defamation” is a comprehensive reference and training manual for lawyers and journalists on European legal standards related to freedom of expression and the […] Read more »
Sloboda izražavanja, zakon o medijima i novinarska kleveta [separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”10″ bottom_margin=”10″ sep_color=”#eae9e9″ border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”no” icon_circle_color=”#ffffff” width=”” alignment=”center” class=”” id=””] [separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”20″ bottom_margin=”20″ sep_color=”#eae9e9″ border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”no” icon_circle_color=”#ffffff” width=”” alignment=”center” class=”” id=””] “Freedom of Expression, Media Law and Defamation” is a comprehensive reference and training manual for lawyers and journalists on European legal standards related to freedom of expression and the […] Read more »
Liberdade de expressão, direito da comunicação social e difamação [separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”10″ bottom_margin=”10″ sep_color=”#eae9e9″ border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”no” icon_circle_color=”#ffffff” width=”” alignment=”center” class=”” id=””] [separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”20″ bottom_margin=”20″ sep_color=”#eae9e9″ border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”no” icon_circle_color=”#ffffff” width=”” alignment=”center” class=”” id=””] “Freedom of Expression, Media Law and Defamation” is a comprehensive reference and training manual for lawyers and journalists on European legal standards related to freedom of expression and the […] Read more »
Libertad de expresión, legislación sobre medios de comunicación y difamación [separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”10″ bottom_margin=”10″ sep_color=”#eae9e9″ border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”no” icon_circle_color=”#ffffff” width=”” alignment=”center” class=”” id=””] [separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”20″ bottom_margin=”20″ sep_color=”#eae9e9″ border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”no” icon_circle_color=”#ffffff” width=”” alignment=”center” class=”” id=””] “Freedom of Expression, Media Law and Defamation” is a comprehensive reference and training manual for lawyers and journalists on European legal standards related to freedom of expression and the […] Read more »
Слобода на изразување, закон за медиуми и клевета [separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”10″ bottom_margin=”10″ sep_color=”#eae9e9″ border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”no” icon_circle_color=”#ffffff” width=”” alignment=”center” class=”” id=””] [separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”20″ bottom_margin=”20″ sep_color=”#eae9e9″ border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”no” icon_circle_color=”#ffffff” width=”” alignment=”center” class=”” id=””] “Freedom of Expression, Media Law and Defamation” is a comprehensive reference and training manual for lawyers and journalists on European legal standards related to freedom of expression and the […] Read more »
Burundi’s president urged to allow re-opening of media June 22, 2015 The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined a coalition of international press freedom organisations in calling on Burundi’s president to take steps to improve media freedom ahead of upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. The leaders of 15 groups in an open letter urged President Pierre Nkurunziza, who is seeking a third term in office in […] Read more »
Press freedom groups complete international mission to Spain June 22, 2015 A group of international press freedom organisations on Friday completed a three-day high-level mission to Spain, where a controversial new law on public security is set to take effect on July 1. In a series of meetings in Madrid, the group, led by the International Press Institute (IPI) and including representatives from the Committee to […] Read more »
IPI urges release of Al Jazeera journalist arrested in Berlin June 21, 2015 The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged German authorities to release Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour, a well-known Egyptian television presenter, who was arrested yesterday at Berlin’s Tegel airport as he was about to board a flight to Qatar. “IPI condemns Mr. Mansour’s arrest in the strongest possible terms,” IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi said. […] Read more »
The crisis as an excuse in Spain Lea este artículo en español [content_boxes layout=”clean-horizontal” columns=”1″ icon_align=”left” title_size=”18″ backgroundcolor=”#d5cb0b” icon_circle=”” icon_circle_radius=”” iconcolor=”#d5cb0b” circlecolor=”#d5cb0b” circlebordercolor=”#d5cb0b” circlebordercolorsize=”” outercirclebordercolor=”#d5cb0b” outercirclebordercolorsize=”” icon_size=”” link_type=”” link_area=”” animation_delay=”” animation_offset=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″ class=”” id=””] [content_box title=”About this article” icon=”” backgroundcolor=”#d5cb0b” iconcolor=”#000000″ circlecolor=”#d5cb0b” circlebordercolor=”” circlebordercolorsize=”” outercirclebordercolor=”” outercirclebordercolorsize=”” iconrotate=”” iconspin=”no” image=”” image_width=”35″ image_height=”35″ link=”” linktarget=”_self” linktext=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″] Members […] Read more »
Q&A: Portuguese journalist on Strasbourg victory in defamation case June 9, 2015 A trend continues: in January of this year, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered yet another ruling against Portugal in a case involving a journalist sued for defamation. On this occasion, the journalist in question was José Manuel Fernandes, publisher of the online news site Observador. In 2010, the Lisbon Court of Appeal […] Read more »
Deterioration of press freedom in Egypt continues June 9, 2015 IPI Contributor Natalie Rowthorn Recent developments in Egypt, including the sentencing of two well-known journalists to prison and claims by supporters that a group of journalists condemned to life imprisonment were being held in inhumane conditions pending appeal, mark a further deterioration in media freedom, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. In a press release last Wednesday, the […] Read more »
IPI report highlights need for defamation reform in Portugal June 9, 2015 Portugal needs to urgently update its defamation laws to meet international standards and the demands of modern democratic society, a report released today by the International Press Institute (IPI) concludes. Defamation and insult remain criminal offences in Portugal punishable by up to two years behind bars despite the fact that a number of international human rights […] Read more »
Court postpones Mazen Darwish’s court date again June 2, 2015 A Syrian judge yesterday postponed the trial of IPI World Press Freedom Hero Mazen Darwish again, but in a troubling move set no new court date. The development is particularly concerning given the fact that Darwish and his fellow imprisoned colleagues from the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) – Hussain Ghrer […] Read more »
Sudan seizes 10 newspapers Last Monday, Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) confiscated the print-runs of 10 daily newspapers in the morning without giving any reason – an action that came against the backdrop of an ongoing brutal security campaign against the freedoms of speech and the press in a country that consistently tops international lists of states […] Read more »
Angola journalist Rafael Marques convicted of defamation May 29, 2015 IPI Contributor Elena Pramesberger The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the suspended six-month prison sentence given to Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais over his book outlining human rights abuses connected with the country’s diamond mining industry, saying the outcome represented “a cynical abuse of law”. A judge in Luanda yesterday issued the sentenced after finding Marques guilty […] Read more »
Cases proceed silently in Myanmar journalist’s 2014 killing May 28, 2015 IPI Contributor Artan Mustafa [content_boxes layout=”clean-horizontal” columns=”1″ icon_align=”left” title_size=”” backgroundcolor=”#e6eef0″ icon_circle=”” icon_circle_radius=”” iconcolor=”#e6eef0″ circlecolor=”#e6eef0″ circlebordercolor=”#e6eef0″ circlebordercolorsize=”” outercirclebordercolor=”#e6eef0″ outercirclebordercolorsize=”” icon_size=”” link_type=”” link_area=”” animation_delay=”” animation_offset=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″ class=”” id=””] [content_box title=”” icon=”” backgroundcolor=”#e6eef0″ iconcolor=”#000000″ circlecolor=”#e6eef0″ circlebordercolor=”” circlebordercolorsize=”” outercirclebordercolor=”” outercirclebordercolorsize=”” iconrotate=”” iconspin=”no” image=”” image_width=”35″ image_height=”35″ link=”” linktarget=”_self” linktext=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″] The following is the second in a series […] Read more »
IPI board blasts Turkey’s Erdogan over ‘death threat’ claim May 22, 2015 Members of the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Executive Board today called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his supporters in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to immediately halt a disingenuous campaign of vilification against the Doğan Media Group and its daily newspaper Hürriyet that has raged this week. The president and his […] Read more »
BBC team arrested after deviating from PR tour of World Cup facilities in Qatar May 21, 2015 IPI Contributor Artan Mustafa The role of the media is not to act as a public relations machine for governments, the International Press Institute (IPI) emphasised today following the dramatic arrest of a BBC reporting team in Qatar that had apparently deviated from an officially approved tour of migrant worker facilities. In a BBC blog post first published on […] Read more »
Jordan urged to meet pledges to end website licensing May 21, 2015 The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed remarks by the head of Jordan’s Media Commission and members of Parliament that they were open to changing a licensing scheme for news websites, but cautioned that the statements – which echoed similar, past comments by the government – need to be followed by concrete action. The Media […] Read more »
Journalism in post-earthquake Nepal: Q&A with Krishna Sapkota May 20, 2015 The Nepal earthquake of April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, was the deadliest in the country’s recorded history and caused massive destruction. More than 8,000 people were killed and tens of thousands were left injured, homeless and severely traumatized. The earthquake and its more than 120 major aftershocks – many […] Read more »
Groups raise alarm over whereabouts of imprisoned Syrian journalist Mazen Darwish May 20, 2015 The International Press Institute (IPI) today said it was deeply concerned for the well-being of three detained Syrian human-rights defenders, including journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Mazen Darwish, who local activists say have been unaccounted for since early this month. Darwish, the founding president of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression […] Read more »
IPI–Article 19 mission to Lithuania calls for stronger libel reform May 12, 2015 A defamation reform bill pending before the Lithuanian Parliament would constitute a welcome step in the right direction, but should be further amended to meet international standards, the International Press Institute (IPI) and Article 19 said today following a joint two-day mission to Lithuania. The bill, which passed Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee last month, would […] Read more »
Murder shows alarming state of press freedom in Mexico May 11, 2015 IPI Contributor Elena Pramesberger The killing of yet another journalist calls attention to Mexico’s alarming state of press freedom, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Reporter and radio presenter Armando Saldaña Morales, 53 was found dead near the bank of a stream in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on May 4. According to local newspapers, he was […] Read more »
Egypt journalists facing life, death sentences have difficulty appealing May 7, 2015 IPI Contributor Artan Mustafa Thirteen journalists sentenced to life in prison last month in Egypt and one sentenced to death plan to appeal the Cairo court’s ruling – but are constrained from doing so because they still have not seen that ruling in full, a representative of their families told the International Press Institute (IPI). The details of the […] Read more »
Myanmar’s promised ‘irreversible reform’ not yet visible May 2, 2015 IPI Contributor Artan Mustafa [content_boxes layout=”clean-horizontal” columns=”1″ icon_align=”left” title_size=”” backgroundcolor=”#e6eef0″ icon_circle=”” icon_circle_radius=”” iconcolor=”#e6eef0″ circlecolor=”#e6eef0″ circlebordercolor=”#e6eef0″ circlebordercolorsize=”” outercirclebordercolor=”#e6eef0″ outercirclebordercolorsize=”” icon_size=”” link_type=”” link_area=”” animation_delay=”” animation_offset=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″ class=”” id=””] [content_box title=”” icon=”” backgroundcolor=”#e6eef0″ iconcolor=”#000000″ circlecolor=”#e6eef0″ circlebordercolor=”” circlebordercolorsize=”” outercirclebordercolor=”” outercirclebordercolorsize=”” iconrotate=”” iconspin=”no” image=”” image_width=”35″ image_height=”35″ link=”” linktarget=”_self” linktext=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″] The following, released to mark World Press Freedom […] Read more »
Free expression in Europe – between hypocrisy and routine Lea este artículo en español Freedom of expression is an assumed right in the European Union. But that assumption is little more than an idea anchored in our mental routine. We hardly consider the difficulties that freedom of expression runs into in practice. In the first trimester of 2015, for example, more than a third […] Read more »
Slovenia campaign takes aim at criminal defamation laws April 23, 2015 The Slovene Association of Journalists (DNS) today launched a campaign, supported by the International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), to reform Slovenia’s defamation laws as well as criminal provisions related to the publication of classified information. The campaign was announced during a joint press conference with DNS […] Read more »
Sri Lanka’s 100 day reform period bows out with weak results for media freedom Today officially marks the end of an ambitious 100-day reform period announced by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena shortly after snatching a surprise victory over former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa in the country’s Jan. 8 presidential vote. Rajapaksa was once hailed both at home and abroad for bringing Sri Lanka’s long-running civil war to a close […] Read more »
IPI urges investigation of murders of Ukrainian journalists April 22, 2015 IPI Contributor Artan Mustafa The International Press Institute (IPI) today called upon Ukrainian authorities to immediately investigate the murders of journalists Oles Buzina and Sergey Sukhobok. According to news reports, Buzina was killed by two masked men at 1:20 p.m. on April 16, while jogging near his home in Kiev. Aged 45, he was an author and TV presenter […] Read more »
Chinese court hands journalist Gao Yu seven-year sentence April 17, 2015 The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned a Chinese court decision sentencing veteran investigative journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Gao Yu to seven years in prison for allegedly leaking state secrets. “This disturbing decision – which punishes a journalist for allegedly sharing materials highlighting the ideology behind Beijing’s policies, information undoubtedly of public […] Read more »
Syria court again postpones Mazen Darwish case April 16, 2015 A Syrian anti-terrorism court yesterday again postponed proceedings in the case against International Press Institute (IPI) World Press Freedom Hero Mazen Darwish, founder of the Syria Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM). The next court date is scheduled for April 28, the SCM said in a statement noting that the court gave no reason […] Read more »
Greek investigative journalist sentenced to prison for libel April 13, 2015 The International Press Institute (IPI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate, today condemned a Greek court ruling sentencing prominent investigative journalist Kostas Vaxevanis to 26 months in prison for libel. A court in Athens on March 30 found Vaxevanis guilty of criminally defaming well-known Greek businessman Andreas Vgenopoulos. According to […] Read more »
