The IPI global network today condemns the 6.5-year prison sentence handed to Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist who has been under arrest in Russia since October 2023. In a verdict on Friday, the Supreme Court of the Russian region of Tatarstan found Kurmasheva guilty of disseminating “fake news” about the war in Ukraine, according to […]

The undersigned Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium partners express deep alarm over the passage of a new media law by the Kosovo Parliament this month. We share local and international concerns that this law does not meet international standards on free expression and threatens media freedom, including by granting the authorities greater control over […]

IPI’s call for applications to our Local News Accelerator 2024 is now closed. We thank everyone who took the time to apply. We appreciate the work you do in your communities, your interest in the call and the effort you put into the project applications. This year, we had the pleasure of learning about a […]

The undersigned organisations, including members of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), express deep concerns about the physical attacks targeting Melita Vrsaljko, a journalist working for the Croatian fact-checking website Faktograf.hr and the Climate Portal. Vrsaljko was assaulted twice in the same week, in the street and at her home in Nadin due to her […]