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Prix Voltaire short-list composite
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IPA reveals 2019 Prix Voltaire shortlist

The International Publishers Association (IPA) today announces the shortlist for the 2019 IPA Prix Voltaire, which rewards exemplary courage in upholding the freedom to publish...

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International Publishers Back Macmillan over Trump ‘Cease and Desist’ Threats

The International Publishers Association has thrown its full support behind US publisher Macmillan and its CEO, John Sargent, for their firm stand in the face...

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Booked up © 2017 Zapiro. Originally published on Daily Maverick. Published with permission - For more Zapiro cartoons visit www.zapiro.com. Zapiro is himself a winner, in 2012, of the IPA’s Freedom to Publish Prize (now the Prix Voltaire) and has been threatened and sued by President Zuma in the past.
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Attempts on freedom of expression in South Africa

On 29 October 2017 a new book appeared on the shelves of bookstores in Johannesburg, South Africa....
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Jacques Pauw. Picture: Jonisayi Maromo
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IPA stands against censorship in South Africa

The International Publishers Association calls on the South African State Security Agency (SSA) and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to stop their attempts to...

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IPA publishes Freedom to Publish Manifesto – a pledge to act when publishers are gagged, imprisoned or threatened

The International Publishers Association (IPA) has published its first Freedom to Publish Manifesto, a declaration of the IPA’s steadfast...

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New frontiers

from The Bookseller by Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi. I have always believed in the positive impact that dialogue has on narrowing divides and bringing about...
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IPA Seriously Concerned about Missing Hong Kong Publishers

The International Publishers Association (IPA) has joined the Swedish Publishers Association (SPA) and the Publishers Association (PA) UK in expressing deep concern about the whereabouts...
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IPA Slams Vatican for Attempting to Silence Critics

The International Publishers Association (IPA) has joined the Italian Publishers Association (AIE) and European journalism and freedom-of-speech watchdogs to condemn the Vatican for attempting to...
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IPA criticises yet another example of Turkish government censorship

International Publishers Association (IPA) has joined the Turkish Publishers Assocaition (TPA) in criticizing yet another example of blatant political censorship in Turkey....
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CHINA: SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FOUR HONG KONG-BASED PUBLISHERS

The International Publishers Association and PEN International are alarmed at reports that four people associated with a publisher and bookstore in Hong Kong famous for...
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