It was a scoop that packed a punch. As Ireland struggles with a grinding housing crisis that has made record numbers of people homeless, a young newspaper reporter discovered a landlord was planning a mass eviction – of an entire apartment block. The reporter spoke to the landlord’s public relations representative, asking for a comment, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) condemns the sentencing last week of two critical journalists in Togo to three years in prison. IPI calls for the sentence to be overturned and urges authorities in Togo to stop the legal harassment of journalists. On March 15, 2023, a court in Lomé, the capital of Togo, sentenced two […]

The IPI global network expresses concern after more than three dozen attacks on journalists were reported in the context of Nigeria’s recent presidential, legislative, and governorship elections, and calls on the Nigerian authorities to hold those responsible to account. Nigeria held presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25 and governorship and House of Assembly […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins its Media Freedom Rapid Response partners in expressing concern over the recent developments in Republika Srpska, one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the government has introduced amendments to the Criminal Code that would re-criminalise defamation. In the discussions around the proposal, entity President Milorad Dodik accused journalists […]