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VIENNA, 19 Oct 2015 – The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed alarm over a proposed law in Kenya that stipulates heavy fines or jail terms for journalists and others deemed to have defamed the country’s Parliament.
VIENNA, Sept 17, 2015 – The International Press Institute (IPI) today launched a new online database aimed at cataloguing legal provisions affecting freedom of the press and expression on a country-by-country basis.
The initial roll-out of the database features detailed information on defamation laws, parsed into 12 searchable categories, for countries in the European Union and the Caribbean, building on IPI’s ongoing research, advocacy and training work on the topic in both regions.
VIENNA, Sept 3, 2015 – Germany towers over its European Union neighbours when it comes to the number of instances in which criminal defamation laws are applied, the surprising results of an International Press Institute (IPI) special investigation released today show.
VIENNA, July 21, 2015 – The Slovenian Parliament earlier this month to introduce a public-interest defence for persons accused of publishing classified information.
VIENNA, July 16, 2015 – The Polish Ombudsman has criticised the possibility of imprisonment under Poland’s criminal defamation law, calling it a potential “constraint on public debate and the freedom of the press”.
VIENNA, July 8, 2015 – The International Press Institute (IPI) today said that the Lithuanian Parliament’s recent decision to remove two insult articles from its Criminal Code is a positive step, but called on lawmakers to completely eliminate criminal defamation in the country.
January 30th, 2018
