The 2012 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize Goes to Jonathan Shapiro (“Zapiro”)
Cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (“Zapiro”) has been named the recipient of this year’s IPA Freedom to Publish Prize for his exemplary courage in upholding freedom to publish.
IPA Report Critizices Censorship in Vietnam
In its first report on the freedom to publish conditions in Vietnam, IPA concludes that the screening of books is a complex, opaque, at time irrational, and highly bureaucratic process that books and other written materials have to undergo prior to- and post- publication, and formulates an IPA Road Map for Freedom to Publish, making specific recommendations to the Vietnamese government to move towards greater freedom to publish in the country.