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Cuban Journalist Faces Decade in Prison

Articles Were Critical of Government Infrastructure Project 

VIENNA, 26 Jan. 2012 – A Cuban journalist working for the official Communist party newspaper could soon be sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for alleged corruption. Officials have remained silent as to the exact nature of the charges but the journalist had written a pair  ...

Ethiopian Journalist Sentenced, in Absentia, to Life in Prison; 2 Others Get 14 Years

VIENNA, 27 Jan. 2011 – Two Ethiopian journalists were sentenced to 14 years in prison on Thursday, while a third was sentenced to life in prison. A  ...

Ugandan Journalist Allegedly Shot at By Police

VIENNA, 27 Jan. 2011 – IPI condemns the alleged attack on a photojournalist working for the Daily Monitor newspaper in Uganda. The reporter was  ...

Organisation of American States Adopts Working Group Proposals

VIENNA, 26 Jan. 2012 – The Organisation of American States (OAS) Permanent Council yesterday adopted by consensus the proposals of a working group  ...

UN and OAS Special Rapporteurs on Freedom of Expression to Speak at IPI World Congress

VIENNA, 25 Jan. 2012 – Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, and  ...

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