Articles by International Press Institute (IPI)
An open letter calling for justice for slain journalist Ibrahim Foday
Four years after Sierra Leone Journalist Ibrahim Foday’s death, members of IFEX join the Media Foundation for West Africa in calling for more rapid progress.
Deterioration of press freedom in Egypt continues
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.
Sudanese intelligence services confiscate 10 newspapers
This mass confiscation of newspapers calls to mind a similar occurrence that took place on 16 February 2015, when Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services seized the print runs of 14 daily newspapers without any explanation.
Erdogan threatens Cumhuriyet’s editor-in-chief in lead-up to Turkish elections
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that an editor would “pay a high price” for reporting on the country’s role in sending weapons to Syria, the latest in an alarming series of attacks on critical media ahead of a 7 June parliamentary election.
Syrian judge postpones Mazen Darwish’s court date again
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 were not brought to court and their whereabouts remain unknown.
Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais convicted of defamation
Rafael Marques de Morais was given a six-month prison sentence over his book outlining human rights abuses connected with the country’s diamond mining industry. The sentence came despite an out-of-court settlement reached last week that led Angolan generals to withdraw their complaints for defamation.
Journalists attacked, threatened in Croatia and Macedonia
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) is deeply concerned over recent attacks and threats against journalists in Croatia and the Republic of Macedonia/Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as well as the case of a Serbian journalist denied entry to Russia.
Jordan urged to meet pledges to end website licensing
The licensing scheme was put in place under amendments to Jordan’s Press and Publications Law that also required news websites be headed by a journalist who has been a member of the Jordan Press Association (JPA), the country’s only professional press syndicate, for at least four years.