Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

On #IDEI 2023, IPI calls on Somalia to end impunity for crimes against journalists

The International Press Institute (IPI) today, on Nov. 2, International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, joins with the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) to express our concern over the lack of progress on 11 cases of killed journalists in Somalia. We call on the authorities to demonstrate their commitment to ensuring that crimes […]

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Analysis: Backsliding in Bosnia and Herzegovina as media freedom faces myriad challenges

Media freedom in Bosnia and Herzegovina is undergoing a worrying period of backsliding amidst a string of restrictive new legislative efforts, hostile rhetoric and denigration of journalists by public officials, and ongoing systemic challenges facing the independence of public service media. These were the initial findings of a coalition of international journalists and media freedom […]

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Report: Fragile progress on media freedom in North Macedonia

The International Press Institute (IPI) today jointly publishes a report outlining the fragile media freedom progress in North Macedonia that was produced following an international fact-finding mission to the country. The report – Media Freedom in North Macedonia: Fragile Progress – was published today and is available online. This report presents the findings and recommendations stemming […]

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Serbia: MFRR and SafeJournalists call on state institutions to address threats to journalists

The host of the “Good, Bad, Evil” podcast, Nenad Kulacin is again the target of threats. The last threat to the presenter was sent via social networks from an anonymous account. The International Press Institute (IPI) joins its partners in the SafeJournalists Network (SJN) and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), as organizations dedicated to […]

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