Press Releases

17/01/12 - IPA Report Criticizes Censorship in Vietnam

22/12/11 - IPA Defends Egyptian Publishers against Accusations from Egyptian Military Government

15/11/11 - IPA & PEN International Call for Immediate Release of Publisher Zarakolu (on Day of the Imprisoned Writer)

01/11/11 - IPA Calls for Immediate Release of Publisher Zarakolu

10/10/11 - IPA Calls for Immediate Acquittal of Buroughs Turkish Publisher

05/07/11 - IPA Calls for Immediate Acquittal of Publisher Irfan Sanci

08/06/11 - IPA Condemns Attack on Bui Chat

03/05/11 - Bui Chat Released on Conditions

01/05/11 - IPA Condemns Arrest of Bui Chat and Calls for his Immediate Release

25/04/11 - The 2011 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize Goes to Bui Chat of Giay Vun Publishing

18/04/11 - IPA to Name 2011 Freedom to Publish Prize Recipient at Buenos Aires Book Fair

11/03/11 - IPA Condemns Conviction of Publisher Zarakolu

10/02/11 - Egyptian Publishers Stand Up for Freedom

02/02/11 - IPA Vice-President's Publishing House under Attack!

28/01/2011 - IPA Calls on Egyptian Authorities to Restore Freedom of Expression on the Eve of the Cairo Book Fair

07/12/10 - IPA Welcomes Acquittal of Turkish Publisher Irfan Sanci

25/11/10 - Norwegian Publishers Offer NOK 500,000 Reward Following the Reopening of the Investigation of the Nygaard Case

02/11/10 - Dosh Receives 2010 IPA FTP Prize at 29th Istanbul Book Fair

09/10 - Invitation to UN-side Event on Freedom of Expression and Defamation of Religions

24/08/10 - China: IPA Calls for the Release from Prison of Tibetan Author and Editor Tragyal

10/06/10 - IPA and Pen International Condemn Conviction of N. Mehmet Güler 

09/06/2010 - IPA Calls for Acquittal of Publisher Zarakolu

17/02/10 - Freedom of Expression Organisations Call on Iran to Open Doors to UN Human Rights Experts

11/02/10 - Free Press and Free Expression Organisations to Iran: Release Jailed Journalists, Writers

7/01/10 - IPA & WAN Call on France to Pressure Tunisia on Freedom of Expression (Eng., Fr.)

31/07/09 - IPA Publishers List of Arrested Iranian Journalists, Writers and Publishers and Demands their Immediate Release

18/06/09 - IPA Report Slams Censorship in Iran & Suggests Road Map

04/06/09 - Three OLPEC Founders Receive 2009 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize in Oslo, Norway

25/04/09 - IPA Freedom to Publish Prize Goes to 3 Tunisia Activists (Eng., Fr.)

20/02/09 - IPA Protests Ban on Vietnamese Publisher

09/01/09 - 2009 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize: Nominate by 13 March!

01/10/08 - Publishers and Booksellers Strongly Condemn Recent Attacks on Publishers and Booksellers

17/09/08 - Publisher Ragip Zarakolu Receives 2008 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize at Opening of International Seminar on Neo-Censorship

29/08/08 - IPA urges Russian authorities to lift censorship on Muslim literature

20/08/08 - TMG protests attack on journalist and representative of IFEX member group, Sihem Bensedrine at Tunis Airport (Eng. & Fr.)

10/07/08 - TMG Raises Tunisian Concerns with French President (Eng., Fr.)

01/07/08 - Threats to the Open Book - Register for Int'l Symposium on Neo-Censorship - Amsterdam 18-20 September 2008 

20/06/08 - IPA Urges Vietnam to Strengthen Private Publishing

19/06/08 - Article 301: IPA and PEN Condemn Sentencing of Publisher Zarakolu

15/05/08 - 2008 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize goes to Ragýp Zarakolu

30/04/08 - Article 301 Reform Fails to Meet Publisher Demands

06/03/08 - IPA Condemns Calls for a Boycott of the Paris Book Fair

05/03/08 - TMG Urges Tunisian Government to Cease Repeated Attacks on HR Defenders

17/01/08 - International Publishers Commemorate Hrant Dink

Likely Changes to Article 301 Insufficient

16/01/08 - 2008 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize: Nominate by 18 April -  2008    Nomination Form

12/12/07 - IPA deplores continued harassment as Zarakolu trial drags on

10/12/07 - IPA & PEN Norway launch "Freedom of Expression in Belarus" report

12/10/07 - IPA Freedom to Publish Prize to be awarded in Amsterdam World Book Capital City 2008

11/10/07 - IPA supports Table Mountain Declaration

11/09/07 - IPA meets Anna Politkovskaya's newspaper in Moscow

10/09/07 - IPA, PEN and ARTICLE 19 call for the abolition of Article 301

25/07/07 - Tunisia Monitoring Group welcomes liberation of Mohamed Abbou (Fr., Eng.) 

15/06/07 - 2007 IPA Freedom Awards open 2nd Cape Town Book Fair

29/05/07 - IPA Freedom to Publish Director addresses 5th Freedom of Expression Gathering

16/05/07 - 2007 IPA Freedom Prize goes to Zimbabwean publisher Ncube. 2007 IPA Freedom Prize - Special Award goes to Dink and Politkovskaya

16/05/07 - Publisher pressure reunites Tehran Book Fair

25/04/07 - IPA condemns UN resolution on defamation

19/04/07 - IPA condemns assassination of Turkish publishers and presses for thorough investigation to end escalation of brutal attacks on freedom of expression

11/04/07 - IPA and fellow Tunisia Monitoring Group members launch 4th report on Freedom of Expression in Tunisia

13/02/07 - 34 non-governmental organisations have released a Joint Declaration demanding a total abolishment of article 301 TPC

19/01/07 - IPA condemns the killing of Hrant Dink

08/12/06 - IPA receives "Liberty" Prize

05/12/06 - IPA denounces censorship in Iran

12/10/06 - IPA welcomes the awarding of the Nobel Prize for literature to Orhan Pamuk

10/10/06 - IPA condemns the murder of Anna Politkovskaya

21/09/06 - First IPA Freedom Prize goes to courageous Female Iranian Publisher

08/03/06 - US calls alleged Al-Jazeera bombing threat “unfounded” and “preposterous”

15/11/05 - FoE experts question credibility of UN World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia (Eng. & Fr.)

26/09/05 - WSIS Prepcom 3 - Press Conference on FoE in Tunisia - Geneva

09/06/05 - TMG members urge Tunisian authorities to release books blocked through the legal submission procedure (Eng. & Fr.)

28/04/05 - TMG members call on Tunisian authorities to stop confiscating books at Tunis airport (Eng., Fr.)