As Turkey prepares for presidential and parliamentary elections, press freedom and human rights groups demand that, whoever forms the next government, unwinding a decade of restrictions on media freedom must be a central priority for the country. The extent of the media freedom crisis facing Turkey is outlined in the International Press Institute’s (IPI) report […]

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the undersigned press freedom groups in raising the alarm about a latest wave of legal pressure exerted against two of Bulgaria’s leading investigative media platforms, BIRD.bg and Bivol.bg, over their recent revelations about alleged crime and corruption. In recent weeks, […]

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, IPI highlights the nearly 1000 attacks on journalists and media and threats to press freedom it has documented in connection with Russia’s war on Ukraine. These attacks illustrate the tragic toll the war continues to take on journalists’ safety and on independent media. IPI has been […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins media freedom organisations and NGOs in writing to the Rapporteur of the EU’s Committee on Culture and Education to raise concerns over proposed amendments which would water down the draft European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). Dear Sabine Verheyen, We, the undersigned journalists, press freedom, civil society, trade unions, […]