September 18, 2019
Tanzania: African Human Rights Body Issues Appeal for Jailed Tanzania Journalist
African Commission on Human and People's Rights writes to Tanzanian president following IPI request Read more »
August 17, 2018
Nigeria: Govt Must Drop Charges Against Journalist, Says World Press Group
IPI condemns pattern of forcing journalists to reveal their sources Read more »
July 20, 2018
Africa: New Reports Highlight IPI Research On State-Sponsored Trolling
Death and rape threats, accusations of treason, disfiguring memes, bots and automated agents, "black" public relation firms and hacking - these are only some of the features of… Read more »
June 23, 2018
Africa: Rafael Marques: Hero Award 'Mirrors Hope of Angolans for Change'
Angolan anti-corruption journalist Rafael Marques was presented with the 2018 IPI World Press Freedom Hero award at a special ceremony at the 2018 IPI World Congress in Abuja,… Read more »
June 03, 2018
Nigeria: The World's Top Media are Coming to Nigeria!
Top representatives from some of the world’s most prestigious news outlets, including the BBC, The Associated Press and Al Jazeera, are headed to Abuja, Nigeria this June for… Read more »
May 22, 2018
Angola: Campaigning Journalist Named 'Press Freedom Hero'
Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, who has braved decades of harassment and prosecution to expose corruption and human rights abuses in his native Angola, has been named the… Read more »
February 14, 2018
Ethiopia: IPI Welcomes Release of Jailed Ethiopian Journalists
The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the release of Ethiopian journalists Eskinder Nega and Woubshet Taye after more than six years in prison. Read more »
April 25, 2017
Ethiopia: Jailed Journalist Nega Named IPI Press Freedom Hero
Ethiopian journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega, who has been imprisoned since 2011 after criticising his country's abuse of anti-terror laws to silence the press, has been named… Read more »
February 05, 2016
Guinea: El Hadj Mohamed Diallo, Guinea
Journalist El Hadj Mohamed Diallo, who worked for the private Guinee7 news website and the weekly L'Independant, was gunned down on Feb. 5, 2016 while covering clashes between… Read more »
February 02, 2016
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Zone 9 Collective - Freed, but Still Under Pressure
Five bloggers due Friday in court, another blocked from travelling to U.S. Read more »
December 30, 2015
Africa: IPI - 2015 One of Deadliest Years On Record for Journalists
98 believed dead because of their work, 35 others remain unconfirmed Read more »
November 09, 2015
Egypt: Egyptian Journalist Detained Over Investigative Story
IPI calls on prosecutors to release Hossam Bahgat Read more »
November 01, 2015
Somalia: Mustaf Abdi Noor, Aka Shafana, Somalia
Mustaf Abdi Noor, aka Shafana, was killed on Nov. 1, 2015 while covering an attack on the Sahafi Hotel in Mogadishu by Al-Shabab Islamist militants. Read more »
October 19, 2015
Kenya: Kenyan National Assembly Criminalises 'Defamation of Parliament'
IPI urges Senate to ensure the bill does not become law Read more »
October 07, 2015
Angola: NGOs Criticise Luanda's Human Rights Record
The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined 14 other non-governmental organisations in a statement supporting a recent European Parliament resolution that criticised the… Read more »
September 07, 2015
Africa: Journalist Safety Roundtable Shows Need for Concerted Efforts
Participants at Nairobi event highlight value of south-south exchange Read more »
August 19, 2015
Egypt: IPI Urges Egypt to Heed Press Freedom Recommendations
Releases plan as country approves draconian anti-terror legislation Read more »
August 05, 2015
Burundi: International Press Freedom Organizations Call On Burundi Authorities to Investigate Attacks On Journalists and Human Rights Defenders
The undersigned press freedom, media development and human rights organizations denounce the continued attacks on and threats to journalists, media workers and human rights… Read more »
July 27, 2015
Egypt: Verdict in Al Jazeera Case Test of Egypt's Commitment to Human Rights
IPI calls for pardon in separate case of six Al Jazeera journalists sentenced in absentia Read more »
July 16, 2015
Zambia: World Press Group Condemns Charges Against Journalists
The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the arrests this morning of Zambian editor and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Fred M'membe and journalist Mukosha Funga. Read more »
July 08, 2015
Egypt: IPI Blasts Egypt's Proposed Ban On Non-Official Information
The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned provisions of a proposed new anti-terrorism law in Egypt that would criminalise contradicting official reports on militant… Read more »
June 09, 2015
Burkina Faso: African Court to Probe Journalist's 1998 Death
The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the African Court for Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)'s decision to reopen the investigation into the death of Norbert… Read more »
Egypt: Update - Deterioration of Press Freedom in Egypt Continues
Journalists in Rabaa Operation Room case reportedly held in inhumane conditions Read more »
June 01, 2015
Sudan: Sudan Seizes 10 Newspapers
Local journalist accuses authorities of 'systematic press repression' Read more »
May 29, 2015
Angola: World Press Group Condemns Marques Sentence
The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the suspended six-month prison sentence given to Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais over his book outlining human… Read more »