“These are all initiatives showing how we can fight for freedom of expression, for the freedom to publish and for the freedom to read,” said IPA President Gvantsa Jobava.
IPA Prix Voltaire Awarded to El Maraya with Special Award for Mohamed Hashem
Egyptian publisher Yehia Fekry awarded the 2026 International Publishers Association’s Prix Voltaire at the award ceremony of the 35th International Publishers Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
International Publishers Association Announces 2026 Prix Voltaire Shortlist
The shortlist, announced on Monday evening at the World Expression Forum in Lillehammer, Norway, features six individuals and organizations who have demonstrated “resilience and bravery.”
IPA Seeks Nominations for Inaugural ‘Freedom of Expression Defenders’ Award
Nominations for the award honoring companies or organizations who have demonstrated a commitment to what IPA officials call the “trinity” of freedoms will be accepted until March 31.
IPA Seeks Nominations for 2026 Prix Voltaire
Any individual, group, or organization can nominate a publisher that has recently published “controversial works amid pressure, threats, intimidation or harassment,” or that has “a distinguished record over many years of upholding the freedom to publish and freedom of expression.” By Andrew Richard Albanese, Editor-in-Chief he International Publishers Association this week launched its call for nominations for the 2026 IPA …
IPA Announces New Chair of Freedom to Publish Committee
Jessica Sänger has been elected chair of the International Publishers Association Freedom to Publish Committee, succeeding Norwegian publisher Kristenn Einarsson.
Belarus: Where Independent Work is Branded Extremism
PEN Belarus launched a new website to highlight work that is being censored in their country, highlighting a growing campaign against free expression.
Frankfurt: IPA’s Gvantsa Jobava on the Defenders Award
The IPA’s new Defenders Award will honor those who defend freedoms of expression, publishing, and reading.
AAP’s International Award Goes to Russian-Ukrainian ‘Freedom Letters’
The Association of American Publishers’ 23-year-old International Freedom to Publish award toes to Georgy Urushadze.
Writer, Blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah Released From Egyptian Prison
The British-Egyptian writer and blogger highlighted last year by English PEN and Arundhati Roy, was pardoned and released Monday.