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60 Years After Adoption of Article 19, Protecting Freedom of Expression, "There is a Lot More to be Done", Leading Human Rights Lawyer Geoffrey Robertson Says

Geoffrey Robertson speaking at the IPI Top Media Forum

Speaking at IPI’s Top Media Forum in Vienna last night, Mr. Robertson QC (Queen’s Counsel) provided a candid assessment of the state of freedom of expression worldwide and of the role of the United Nations (UN) in protecting that right.

"The two rights that the UN can do absolutely nothing about and does nothing about: the right to democracy and the right to free speech. Why? Because half its members are undemocratic and because more than half its members curb free speech," Mr. Robertson stated.

>> Read the IPI press relase about this event

>> Additional information about Mr. Robertson and the IPI event

Press Conference Launches Justice Denied Campaign Targeting Impunity and Imprisonment of Journalists (12 November)

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"We hope the stories told in this campaign will sound the alarm, and encourage those with the power to take action to do so," said IPI Director David Dadge.

The campaign highlights the cases of 10 journalists from different regions of the world who have been silenced by imprisonment or physical attack, including murder. For them, justice has failed, and they are either serving unjust prison sentences, or their attackers are benefiting from impunity. More...

>> IPI Justice Denied Campaign Website

IPI Justice Denied Campaign Calls for Justice for Journalists Worldwide

Justice remains elusive for journalists who report openly. Some face the ultimate sanction, murdered for what they have written. The perpetrators all too often remain at large. Others are subjected to harassment disguised as law enforcement and languish in prison, convicted of crimes such as insulting a nation’s reputation or divulging state secrets.

IPI’s Justice Denied Campaign seeks to change this reality.

>> Read the Press Release "New IPI Campaign Calls for Justice for Journalists Worldwide" in English, Spanish, Farsi, Turkish, Tigrinya (Eritrea)

>> Go to IPI's Justice Denied Campaign Website

IPI Joins International Mission to Sri Lanka, Finds Deterioration of Press Freedom Situation

The International Press Freedom Mission to Sri Lanka, on its visit between October 25 and 29, found a deterioration in the press freedom situation since its last visit in June 2007, marked by a continuation in murders, attacks, abductions, intimidation and harassment of the media.

>> Read the Statement of the International Mission to Sri Lanka

IPI Publishes World Press Freedom Review 2007

93 Reasons Why Journalism Remains a Dangerous Profession
With 93 journalists killed, 2007 was the second deadliest year for journalists in modern history, with only marginally fewer killed this year than last. Iraq proved again to be the most hazardous place to report, with almost half this year’s Death Watch total killed while covering the ongoing conflict. In Somalia, another conflict zone, eight journalists were killed in 2007, and Pakistan, the Philippines and Sri Lanka were also highly dangerous.

The IPI World Press Freedom Review 2007 is the Institute’s annual review of press freedom in over 140 countries around the world.

IPI Nepal Press Freedom Center

The Kathmandu-based IPI Nepal Press Freedom Centre has been set up by IPI’s National Committee in Nepal, with the support of IPI, to monitor the status of press freedom during the run-up to the elections and the nation’s constitution drafting process.

>> The Website of the IPI Nepal Press Freedom Center includes up-to-date information about the state of press freedom in Nepal

Documents Related to the June 2008 IPI World Congress in Belgrade

From 14-17 June 2008, over 300 politicians, experts, academics and leading members of the world’s media community convened in Belgrade for the IPI World Congress and 57th General Assembly, where they discussed current issues related to the challenges facing South East Europe and the world, as well as topics dealing with press freedom and the communications industry.

>> Official Congress Website: www.ipibelgrade.com (includes photos and videos of the Congress)
>> Resolutions Passed by the 57th IPI General Assembly
>> Congress Programme Including Videos of the Congress Sessions
>> IPI Free Media Pioneer 2008
>> IPI Watch List
>> New IPI Chairman & Board Members

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