The mass detention and deportation journalists in Belarus on the back of widespread internet access restrictions are leading to one of the worst media freedom crackdowns anywhere in Europe in recent decades, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. In the latest crackdown on journalists covering nationwide anti-government protests, three journalists were detained during a […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today vehemently criticized Belarus for cancelling the accreditation of at least 17 journalists representing major global media outlets. The Belarusian government today withdrew the accreditation of journalists working for the Associated Press, AFP, German television network ARD, […]

Authorities in Belarus must immediately drop all charges against journalists detained during recent police crackdowns, stop cancelling accreditation for foreign journalists and immediately halt interference with state-owned publishing houses, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. IPI, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, also joined other NGOs in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined 15 other international press freedom and free expression organizations calling on Belarus to stop all attacks on journalists and live up to its obligations to protect media freedom amid press coverage of the ongoing protests. Read the full statement below. ____ 14 August 2020 We call on Belarusian […]