International Press Institute (IPI)

A court in rebel-held Sana’a sentenced veteran journalist Yahya Al Jubaihi, who has been detained since 6 September 2016, on charges of collaborating and spying for an “enemy state”.

IFEX members around the world denounce the alarming rate of journalist murders in Mexico and demand a thorough evaluation of existing protection mechanisms.

Partners of the Council of Europe Platform for the Promotion of Journalism and the Protection of Journalists are deeply concerned by the aggravating current situation in Belarus regarding the mass detention of journalists.

Authorities in Peru are urged to investigate all theories into the deaths of two journalists in apparently separate incidents whose remains were found just days apart in recent weeks.

Over 70 rights and expression organisations worldwide entreated the UN Human Rights Council’s 34th session to call on Turkey to take immediate steps to address the ongoing free expression crisis in the country.

The online harassment of journalists in Hungary adds a new dimension to the country’s overall state of freedom of expression, according to a new IPI report.

An international press freedom mission visited Turkey in response to an ongoing purge by the government in the wake of a failed 15 July 2016 coup attempt that traumatised the country. Hundreds of thousands have been dismissed from jobs or detained under wide-ranging emergency powers granted after the coup attempt.

Hungarian courts’ doctrine of objective liability for media outlets quoting third parties presents a significant obstacle to the coverage of political affairs, a new study on civil defamation practice in Hungary has found.