Articles by International Publishers Association (IPA)
Court acquits Baskaya, postpones trial of Zarakolu
(IPA/WiPC/IFEX) – The following is a 2 March 2005 joint IPA and International PEN press statement: 2 March trial of Ragip Zarakolu Postponed/Fikret Baskaya acquitted International PEN, the IPA and other international NGOs, among them Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, visited Turkey to attend, as observers, the trial hearings of writer Fikret Baskaya and […]
International observers to attend hearings in cases against publisher and writer
(IPA/WiPC/IFEX) – The following is a joint IPA and International PEN press statement: 2 March trials of Fikret Baskaya and Ragip Zarakolu Symbolise the Continuation of Freedom of Expression Problems in Turkey International PEN, and the IPA, as well as other international NGOs, among them Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, are in Turkey to […]
Austrian author receives suspended six-month prison sentence
WiPC/IPA/IFEX) – The following is a joint WiPC, IPA and International Booksellers Federation (IBF) appeal to Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis: Kostas Karamanlis Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic Maximos Mansion (“Megaro Maximou”) 19, Herodou Attikou str GR-106 74 Athens 02 February 2005 Your Excellency, The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN, the International Publishers’ […]
IPA and International PEN issue joint guide on Penal Code
(IPA/WiPC/IFEX) – The following is a 16 December 2004 joint IPA and International PEN press release: New Turkish Penal Code Threatens Freedom of Expression Publishers and Writers Alarm EU on New Turkish Penal Code and suggest immediate ways to improve its content Late last week, the International Publishers’ Association (IPA) and International PEN urged Jan […]
Authorities acknowledge role played by General Security Department in banning of books
(IPA/IFEX) – The following is a 15 December 2004 IPA press release: INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS URGE LEBANESE AUTHORITIES TO LIFT BAN ON DAN BROWN’S “THE DA VINCI CODE” Reacting to IPA’s initial condemnation of the September confiscation of Dan Brown’s book, the Lebanese authorities recently acknowledged the role played by the General Security Department in the […]
Book banned
(IPA/IFEX) – The following is a 12 November 2004 IPA press release: INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS CONDEMN BANNING OF “THE DA VINCI CODE” IN LEBANON The International Publishers’ Association (IPA) condemns the confiscation of Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code” in Lebanon. According to several reports, the “sûreté” asked Lebanon’s Catholic Information Centre for their opinion on […]
Book banned, publisher and author charged with “blasphemy”
(IPA/IFEX) – The following is a 7 October 2004 IPA statement: STATEMENT RE. THE CHARGES AGAINST THE PUBLISHER AND AUTHOR OF “THE LIFE OF JESUS” The Freedom to Publish Committee (FTPC) of the International Publishers’ Association (IPA) is deeply concerned about the charges of blasphemy towards the Greek Orthodox Church and the Christian religion that […]
IPA calls for amendment to Penal Code to allow for free expression on Armenian genocide
(IPA/IFEX) – The following is a 4 October 2004 IPA press release: Publishers call out to Romano Prodi and successor José Manuel Barroso to put an end to the criminalization of the expression of the Armenian Genocide On 4 October 2004, the International Publishers’ Association (IPA) sent a letter to the Dutch Presidency of the […]