The IPI global network condemns the six-year prison sentence handed down to Radio Svoboda freelance correspondent Andrey Kuznechik on fabricated charges in Belarus and calls for his immediate release. During a closed-door trial on June 8, 2022 that lasted only a few hours, the court in the eastern city of Mogilev sentenced the journalist to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists in publishing the 2022 annual report, which identifies growing challenges for media freedom across the region. While European countries still pack the first ranks in press freedom indexes, the […]

As part of our response to the war in Ukraine, the International Press Institute (IPI) is today launching a new monitoring database which is systematically documenting all attacks on journalists and restrictions on media freedom linked to the conflict in Ukraine. IPI has so far documented 216 different alerts, including four killings of journalists in […]

On March 3, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich was sentenced to prison in Belarus for three protest marches. IPI strongly condemns his unwarranted sentence.   Hruzdzilovich was first detained in July 2021 for 10 days during a raid of the RFE/RL office in Minsk. He was arrested again on December 23, 2021. […]