IPA President Richard Charkin Addresses Arab Publishers Association

The freedom to publish, the recent attacks on publishers in Bangladesh and the entrance of giant technology firms from outside the industry were among issues raised by Richard Charkin, President of the International Publishers Association IPA) at the third Arab Publishers Conference in Sharjah this week.

Alluding to the controversy over Saudi Arabia receiving full member status at Frankfurt, he noted that the IPA and its Arab equivalent already share a number of members. “I was pleased to welcome the publishers associations of both Saudi Arabia and Tunisia as full members and Jordan as a new provisional member. I hope there will be many more in the future.”