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Venezuela: The fragile environment of information

June 21, 2012 Omareliz Pineda Araujo

The upcoming presidential elections on October 7th could mark a pivotal moment in the contemporary history of Venezuela. The prelude to this event has been marked by a dangerous series of conflicts between supporters and opponents of the current regime, whose consequences often limit the right to inform and be informed. The year 2012 began […]

Journalist Andrzej Poczobut arrested again

June 21, 2012 Piotr Stasiński, IPI Executive Board Member and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland

Andrzej Poczobut, Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza correspondent in Belarus, and Polish minority activist there, was arrested on Thursday in the town of Grodno, Belarus. At 4 pm police searched Andrzej’s apartment and took the journalist to prosecutor’s office. Andrzej was interrogated and arrested, Igor Bancer, his colleague from the Polish Union in Belarus, the organization banned […]

June attacks on journalists in MENA region

June 14, 2012 Fatma Elshhati

The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned about the safety of journalists in the Middle East and North Africa following a number of press freedom violations that have been reported since the beginning of the month. Recent attacks on journalists in Lebanon, Iraq and Oman, and new laws on the table in Iraq, Egypt and […]

UK reporter claims Syria rebels wanted him shot by army

June 12, 2012 Naomi Hunt

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over allegations made on Friday, June 8, in a blog post by Channel 4 reporter Alex Thomson, who claimed that members of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) deliberately put him and his colleagues in the way of Syrian Army fire. Thomson, Channel 4’s anchor and chief correspondent, […]

Criminal libel laws in the Caribbean: “Ultimate consequence is silence, when expression is most needed.”

June 11, 2012

Lea en español Beginning this week, IPI will undertake a two-week, four-nation mission in the Caribbean to push for the repeal of criminal defamation laws. From June 9 to 22, IPI delegates will visit Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago to meet with representatives of government, media, and civil society. As part […]

EU telecommunications chief blasts amendments to Hungary’s media laws

June 8, 2012 Gunes Yildiz

Europe’s telecommunications chief blasted recently-adopted amendments to Hungary’s controversial media laws, telling Budapest-based daily newspaper Figyelo that the legislation remains “embarrassing” despite the revisions, Bloomberg reported yesterday. Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Digital Affairs, said amendments approved on June 4 – which had been sent back to Hungary’s Parliament due to a procedural error […]

Appeals court in Dominican Republic throws out criminal defamation verdict against journalist

June 6, 2012 Scott Griffen

Lea en español An appeals court in the Dominican Republic yesterday threw out the criminal defamation conviction of Nagua radio journalist Johnny Alberto Salazar, who in January was sentenced to six months in prison for allegedly libelling a local lawyer. According to local news reports, justices of the Court of Appeal for San Francisco de […]

Yemen: new government, same challenges to press freedom

June 5, 2012 Molly Ochs

Feb. 27, 2012 marked the symbolic transition of power in Yemen from former President Ali Abdullah Saleh to newly-elected President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. Massive demonstrations and uprisings beginning in Jan. 2011 brought about the change of power from Saleh to Hadi, illustrating the peoples’ desire for democracy. The end of Saleh’s 33-year-long dictatorship ushered […]

Journalists Eynulla Fatullayev, Nedim Sener to speak at IPI World Congress

June 1, 2012

The International Press Institute (IPI) today announced that formerly-imprisoned journalists Eynulla Fatullayev of Azerbaijan and Nedim Sener of Turkey will speak at IPI’s annual World Congress – which will take place from June 23 to 26 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – about their experiences behind bars. Fatullayev and Sener were released over […]

Russian radio journalist survives attack

May 29, 2012 Steven M. Ellis

A Russian radio journalist stabbed 20 times last night in an attack that some suggested was linked to his work is reportedly expected to survive. A Moscow police spokesperson said an unknown assailant lured Radio Mayak journalist Sergei Aslanyan out of his apartment building with a telephone call and hit the journalist in the head […]

IPI urges Azerbaijan’s president to investigate attacks on, imprisonment of journalists

May 26, 2012

The executive director of the International Press Institute (IPI), Alison Bethel McKenzie, yesterday sent an open letter to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev calling on him to investigate reported attacks on journalists, to look into the cases of six journalists currently imprisoned in his country and to make moves forward on decriminalising defamation in Azerbaijan. The […]

Turkish court issues ban on newspaper

May 23, 2012 Steven M. Ellis

A Turkish court has issued a one-month publication ban against pro-Kurdish weekly newspaper Demokratik Vatan for allegedly spreading terrorist propaganda, news website Bianet reported today. The court reportedly based its decision on an issue that included articles titled “Our martyrs are the proof of our war of liberation”, “Month of martyrs” and “The names of […]

Gambian police chief says long-missing journalist is in the USA

May 23, 2012 Naomi Hunt

The Gambian Inspector General of Police, Yankuba Sonko, reportedly said that Interpol confirmed to Gambian authorities that a journalist who has been missing since 2006 is actually in the United States. “As far as we are concerned, the latest information we received from Interpol is that he was seen in America and that is it,” […]

Israel has no idea why Palestinian TV station was raided

May 23, 2012 Naomi Hunt

The International Press Institute condemned Israel’s raid last week on a Palestinian television channel, Al-Asir TV, and the detention of the station’s director, Baha Khairi Attalah Moussa. Israeli institutions apparently have no idea why the station was raided. Moussa is expected to be in court tomorrow, May 24, where he will learn whether he will […]

Spanish journalist, press freedom champion José Luis Gutiérrez dies at 68

May 22, 2012 Steven M. Ellis

The International Press Institute (IPI) today mourned the passing of Spanish journalist, long-time IPI member and friend José Luis Gutiérrez Suárez, who fought and in 2010 won a more-than-a-decade-long battle to vindicate his right to free expression. Gutiérrez, 68, was found dead in his Madrid apartment yesterday. He reportedly was involved in a recent motorcycle […]

SEEMO honours Serbian photojournalist

May 21, 2012

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) today announced that Serbian journalist Igor Pavicevic won the 2012 SEEMO Human Rights Photo Award. The winning photograph, “Ručak na barikadi”, (Lunch at the Barricades), shot on Sep. 18, 2011, in Jarinje, Kosovo, was selected by the SEEMO jury, headed by Radomir Licina (Danas daily, Belgrade, Serbia). Pavicevic […]

Mexican journalist kidnapped

May 18, 2012 Scott Griffen

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Mexican authorities to secure the safety and release of a journalist kidnapped in the northern state of Sonora yesterday. According to news reports, Marcos Avila García, who covers police and crime for El Regional de Sonora, was abducted by three armed assailants while waiting for his vehicle […]

BLOG: Sudan’s war on the media

May 16, 2012 Abdelgadir Mohammed Abdelgadir

In the days since the world celebrated World Press Freedom Day the Sudanese press has witnessed great setbacks. On May 3, the entire print run of Al Midan newspaper was confiscated by Sudan’s National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS) and it happened again on May 6, May 8, May 10, May 13 and May 15. […]

Blog: Press freedom concerns in Ecuador

May 16, 2012 Anthony Mills

The graffiti leapt out at us as we drove through Quito, the capital of Ecuador, on the first day of our May 7-11 IPI press freedom mission: “Weapons of Mass Destruction: El Commercio, El Universo and Teleamazonas” – a derogatory reference to the country’s two leading independent newspapers, and an independent television broadcaster. Across the […]

FARC rebels announce they will free journalist

May 15, 2012 Scott Griffen

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed reports that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, according to its Spanish acronym) planned to free a French journalist captured during a military shootout more than two weeks ago, but reiterated that the release should be immediate and unconditional. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) […]

Radio journalist kidnapped in Honduras

May 10, 2012 Molly Ochs

Alfredo Villatoro, presenter of the morning news program and News Director at the major Honduran radio station, HRN radio, was kidnapped Wednesday morning near his residence at 4:50 a.m., just outside the capital city Tegucigalpa. Villatoro was on his way to the office when he was abducted from his vehicle. A colleague at the radio […]

Reporters targeted in record numbers and brutal ways

May 8, 2012 Alison Bethel McKenzie

The op-ed below was first published on 3 May 2012, World Press Freedom Day. Reporters Targeted in Record Numbers and Brutal Ways By Alison Bethel McKenzie, IPI Executive Director How to kill a journalist: Behead; gun down; throw, with hands and feet bound, from a seventh-floor window; torture to death; blow up; deny medical care […]

Nepalese journalist receives ‘Courageous Journalism Award’

May 7, 2012 Molly Ochs

In honor of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on May 3, Rajesh KC of the Nagarik Daily received the ‘Courageous Journalism Award’ in Nepal for his contribution to freedom of expression via editorial cartoons. The award was presented to KC by Nepal’s National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI), as well as the Nepal-based […]

GUEST BLOG: Alison Langley praises media activists in Syria

May 3, 2012 Alison Langley

Media activists in Syria have often been vilified for manipulating the news coverage in their YouTube broadcasts. While I agree that these cameramen cannot be seen as quality journalists in the traditional sense of the word, we should not forget the important role they play in keeping the international world focused on their country. Today, […]

California legislature approves resolution recognising World Press Freedom Day

May 1, 2012 Steven M. Ellis

The California Legislature yesterday passed a resolution recognising May 3 as World Press Freedom Day 2012 and encouraging state legislatures throughout the United States to take similar action. California State Senator Joe Simitian, who introduced Senate Joint Resolution 22, presented a copy to members of the Sacramento Press Club on the floor of the California […]

Politicians behind recent attacks against Latin American Jjournalists

April 30, 2012 Scott Griffen

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned a recent series of physical and verbal attacks against journalists in Argentina, Honduras, and Panama allegedly at the hands of politicians. IPI Acting Deputy Director Anthony Mills said, “These alleged incidents underscore the reality that political figures are far too often behind attacks on the media in Latin […]

IPI Focus: World Press Freedom Day 2012 – The story of Marcela Turati

April 30, 2012 Marcela Turati

Lea en español “My city finds itself in a state of panic. There is shooting everywhere. People see bodies in the streets. A curfew has been self-imposed. The drug traffickers have silenced our newspaper. We cannot publish anything because they threaten us: they have killed and kidnapped our colleagues. People are afraid and frustrated, understandably […]

Azerbaijan journalist claims torture by government

April 25, 2012 Steven M. Ellis

Azerbaijani journalist Zaur Guliyev, who has been held in pre-trial detention since his March 13 arrest following unrest in the region of Quba, has accused the country’s government of torturing him. Guliyev, the editor-in-chief of Xayal TV, made the claim in a statement to Azerbaijani non-governmental organisation For Human Rights, the group said yesterday. Stay […]

Media crackdown accompanies Formula 1 race in Bahrain

April 23, 2012 Nisha Thanki

The International Press Institute (IPI) on Monday expressed concern at a crackdown on journalists in Bahrain over the past weekend as they sought to cover protests that accompanied a controversial Formula 1 racing event. A number of journalists were denied entry into Bahrain, and those who were allowed in were prevented from reporting on demonstrations. […]

Syrian press freedom advocates charged in Damascus

April 23, 2012 Nisha Thanki

Eight members of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), arrested in February, began trial under the military penal code in Damascus this weekend, according to exiled SCM activist Massoud Akko. The condition of the remaining five members remains unknown. IPI Acting Deputy Director Anthony Mills said: “We call on the authorities […]

IPI World Press Freedom Heroes condemn imprisonment of Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega

April 23, 2012

Twenty international journalists who have been recognised as World Press Freedom Heroes by the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) have condemned the Ethiopian government’s decision to jail Eskinder Nega and other journalists on terrorism charges, and called for their immediate release. Eskinder Nega, an online writer and critic of the current Ethiopian government, was arrested […]

Deadly week for journalists across the globe

April 20, 2012 Nisha Thanki

A series of journalists, and a media activist, were killed this week, and another was viciously attacked on Friday, starkly highlighting the grave global threats to the safety of journalists. The International Press Institute (IPI) was saddened to learn of the death of several citizen reporters in Syria, in the past few days, despite a […]

UNESCO honours IPI member and Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev

April 17, 2012

UNESCO announced today that it has selected Azerbaijani journalist and IPI member Eynulla Fatullayev to receive the 2012 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. IPI Acting Deputy Director Anthony Mills said: “We are delighted to hear that UNESCO has decided to give the award to Mr. Fatullayev. The courage and resilience he has displayed in […]

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