The IPI global network calls on authorities in Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State as well as the Ethiopian Media Mass Authority (EMMA) to lift the suspension imposed on 15 foreign media outlets and their reporters from doing their media work  and allow independent reporting. IPI also calls on authorities to reinstate the license of the Somali […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined four international media freedom organisations in writing to the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, to raise our shared concerns about a recent appointment to Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) which undermines recent reform progress. Read the full letter below.     Dear Albin Kurti, President of Vetevendosje […]

Today, IPI and a group of partner organizations sent a letter to Sadyr Japarov, President of Kyrgyzstan, requesting a meeting to discuss the rapidly deteriorating situation of press freedom in this country. The letter was co-signed by Committee to Protect journalists, Article 19, Human Rights Watch, Justice For Journalists Foundation, Norwegian Helsinki Committee, and Reporters […]

Venezuela’s Trunk Road 10 becomes BR-174 when it crosses the border with Brazil, in the state of Roraima. That’s where Katia Brasil, originally from Fortaleza, took her first steps as a journalist, in the state capital, Boa Vista, distinguishing herself as a reporter with access to a wide range of sources.  When a murder plot […]