His defense having exhausted its military appeals court options, the imprisoned publisher Khaled Lotfy now can be freed only by Egypt’s el-Sisi.
University Presses Award Sustainability; Prix Voltaire Deadline Is Friday
In England, a new university press award supports the UN Sustainability Goals, and in Switzerland, the IPA’s 2020 Prix Voltaire nominations close this week.
International Publishers Association Opens 2020 Prix Voltaire Nominations
The IPA’s Prix Voltaire awards valor amid challenges to the freedom to publish. Its 2020 winner will be named at the IPA congress in Norway.
IPA Prix Voltaire Conferred on Khaled Lotfy in Seoul
‘The international publishing community stands with Khaled Lotfy’ says IPA Freedom to Publish chair Kristenn Einarsson at the 2019 Prix Voltaire ceremony.
IPA Names Khaled Lotfy 2019 Prix Voltaire Laureate, Demands a Pardon for Lotfy From Cairo
The International Publishers Association has issued a call to the president of Egypt to pardon publisher and bookseller Khaled Lotfy, named to the 2019 Prix Voltaire for valor in the freedom to publish.
International Publishers Association Names Its 2019 Prix Voltaire Shortlist
Book publishers on the 2019 International Publishers Association Prix Voltaire shortlist come from Egypt, Iran, Myanmar, South Africa, and Turkey.
London Book Fair Preview: Charles Clark Lecture and IPA Prix Voltaire
The International Publishers Association and London Book Fair hold a second Freedom To Publish seminar on March 12, with Vanderbilt’s Daniel Gervais speaking that afternoon on copyright in the Charles Clark Memorial Lecture.
IPA Prix Voltaire: 2019 Nominations Open, Recognizing Valor in Publishing
Honoring publishing courage in the face of oppression, nominations for the IPA Prix Voltaire Freedom To Publish will close on February 20.
IPA Condemns Harassment of 2008 Prix Voltaire Winner Ragip Zarakolu
Turkish book publisher Ragip Zarakolu is the subject of an Interpol red notice. The IPA condemns this tactic as harassment by the Turkish government.
The International Publishers Association’s Prix Voltaire 2018 Is Formally Awarded to Gui Minhai
Citing ‘an optimism that in the face of unimaginable cruelty still believes in change,’ UK-based Angela Gui accepts for her father, Gui Minhai, the International Publishers Association’s Prix Voltaire for courage in the face of attempts to suppress the freedom to publish.