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UK: IPI demands investigation into journalist held under Counter Terrorism Act

In a letter to the UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel, IPI joins four other media organizations in demanding an investigation into why Martin Banks, a British journalist based in Brussels, was held and interrogated for six hours by UK border guards about his journalism under the UK’s Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act.   According […]

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Myanmar: Two journalists sentenced to prison for “false news”

The IPI global network strongly condemns the continuing crackdown on journalists in Myanmar after two journalists were sentenced to prison this week in separate cases for spreading “false news”. We call on the military regime to cease its human rights abuses against the press and to immediately release all journalists currently imprisoned in Myanmar. On […]

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Greece: MFFR to launch report examining challenges for independent reporting

On 28 March 2022, the International Press Institute (IPI) will join its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response to publish the report of an online fact-finding mission to Greece that took place in December. Under the title ‘Controlling the Message: Challenges for independent reporting in Greece’, the report reflects the mission’s findings and recommendations on: The assassination of […]

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IPI publishes report on media capture in the Czech Republic

The International Press Institute (IPI) today published a new report on media freedom and independence in the Czech Republic. The report focuses on the spread of media capture under the former government of Andrej Babiš and sets forth recommendations for the new government of Petr Fiala to reform and strengthen independence and pluralism in the […]

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