International Press Institute (IPI)

An explosive device detonated in front of the home of Tufik Softic on the evening of 11 August 2013. Softic has previously published reports about criminal groups active in northern Montenegro.

On 5 August 2013, a special court set up at the Silivri Prison convicted all but 21 of the 275 defendants implicated in the alleged “Ergenekon” coup plot, giving sentences of five years to life behind bars.

The International Press Institute is deeply alarmed to hear that the editors of the Antiguan investigative news site Caribarena have left Antigua and Barbuda reportedly due to fear for their family’s safety.

Syrian forces are urged to immediately release foreign journalists currently being held captive in the country and ensure that all journalists are free to report on the civil war without the threat of abduction.

A report released by the International Press Institute (IPI) following its April 2013 mission to five Caribbean countries urges governments to follow through on commitments received during IPI’s visit to repeal archaic criminal defamation laws. During a nearly three-week long mission, IPI delegates met with representatives of government, law enforcement, media, and civil society in […]

Actions taken by Zambian authorities against three journalists are the latest in a series of escalating tactics against the “Zambian Watchdog”. Clayson Hamasaka, Thomas Zyambo and Wilson Pondamali have been detained out of suspicion that they are affiliated with the website.

IFEX members issued a joint call for amendments to a deeply-flawed draft media law in Somalia before it goes to parliament for approval in August.

Currently, all 16 independent countries in the Caribbean maintain some form of criminal defamation law, including seditious libel or desacato. Should the Defamation Bill 2013 pass the House of Representatives, Jamaica would become the first country in the Caribbean to have no such laws on the books.