Articles by International Press Institute (IPI)
Croatia: One journalist attacked, another burned in effigy
On 23 February, an unknown man dumped a bucket of faeces over writer and columnist Ante Tomic’s head. In a separate case, carnival participants in Omis burned an effigy symbolising Vinko Vukovic, a journalist who has reported on corruption in the town.
Authorities should drop indecency charges against Barbados journalists
Vivian-Anne Gittens, publisher of the Nation newspaper, as well as Editor-in-Chief Roy Morris and senior journalist Sanka Price, face up to five years in prison in connection with the newspaper’s publication of a photograph that appeared to show two minors engaging in a sexual act in a classroom at a rural Barbados school.
Chief Executive of Hong Kong urged to protect freedom of expression
After a series of increasingly violent events, IFEX members and supporters call on Chief Executive Leung Chun-Ying to take clear and deliberate steps to defend press freedom.
Trinidad and Tobago partially decriminalises defamation
A bill to partially decriminalise defamation in Trinidad and Tobago has received final parliamentary approval, the latest sign of growing momentum around the International Press Institute’s Campaign to Repeal Criminal Defamation in the Caribbean.
Ugandan journalist says anti-gay law denies rights to expression, privacy
President Yoweri Museveni’s approval of a harsh anti-homosexuality law has stirred considerable attention, including a rebuke from United Nations’ officials and an array of human rights groups. But for veteran Ugandan journalist Peterson S. Ssendi, the government’s campaign against homosexuals is nothing new.
Syrian radio station suspends broadcasting in protest
A community radio station in north-eastern Syria suspended all of its programming on 19 February 2014 to protest an order issued by local authorities to temporarily halt its news reports in the largely Kurdish region. The order has since been lifted.
Rights groups call for charges against Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla to be dropped
Journalist and editor Ali Anouzla was arrested on 17 September 2013 in connection with a 13 September news article published on the Arabic edition of news website Lakome. Ahead of a Rabat court hearing scheduled on 18 February, local and international rights organisations came together to call for the charges against him to be dropped.
British Virgin Islands must include public-interest exception in cybercrime bill
A bill unveiled in the British Virgin Islands that would punish the publishing of sensitive computer data with 20 years in prison should be amended to include a public-interest exception for legitimate journalistic activity, says the International Press Institute.