Articles by International Press Institute (IPI)
Worrying escalation of violence against journalists in Bulgaria
A recent case in Bulgaria saw a fan of the football club CSKA allegedly attack Anton Toni Chalakov, a photographer with the daily newspaper Standart, breaking Chalakov’s nose.
Investigation into arson attack on Bolivian journalist stalled
The International Press Institute is concerned over a reported lack of progress in the investigation into the October 2012 arson attack on Bolivian radio journalist Fernando Vidal. Vidal was targeted by a group of hooded attackers who doused him in gasoline before setting him and the station alight during a live radio broadcast.
Grenada may be taking step back with Internet defamation law
A year after becoming the first Caribbean country to decriminalise libel, Grenada has appeared to take a step in the opposite direction by passing a sweeping cyber-crimes law that includes a provision for online defamation.
Freedom of information law limits access to public data in Hungary
The International Press Institute and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation, has expressed concern that a freedom of information law recently passed by Hungary’s parliament limits government transparency and could increase the risk of corruption.
Journalists in Sierra Leone threatened with “sanitisation” of media landscape
Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, special executive assistant to President Ernest Koroma, recently called on local journalists in Sierra Leone to “prepare for a massive and long overdue sanitisation” of the country’s media landscape.
Rights organisations call on National Assembly to amend Tunisia’s draft constitution
Eighteen human rights organisations came together to support an open letter addressed by the Civil Coalition for the Defence of Freedom of Expression to the Chairman and members of the National Constituent Assembly in Tunisia, as they prepare to discuss the final draft of the constitution.
Proposed law on criminal proceedings could gag journalists in Spain
A proposed “Law on Criminal Proceedings” would grant presiding judges the discretion – or consider requests by prosecutors – to order media outlets, under the threat of criminal liability, to cease reporting on legal procedures.
IFEX members protest police attacks on journalists
IFEX members sent a joint letter to President Museveni calling for an end to impunity in cases of police violence against the media, after a violent crackdown on a demonstration in May over media closures.