The partner organizations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) condemn the barring of journalists from reporting within the Parliament of Georgia. We urge the Parliament to reinstate the accreditation of all journalists including online media. Since the start of the debate on the foreign agent bill titled “Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence in […]

The IPI global network calls upon the Vietnamese government to immediately release the prominent journalist and commentator Truong Huy San (also known by his pen names Huy Duc and Osin), who was detained on June 1, 2024, on unfounded charges of “abusing democratic freedoms.”  Authorities must release San and drop all charges against him.  San, […]

IPI’s IJ4EU programme will launch a series of free online discussions taking audiences behind the scenes of ambitious cross-border investigations. Scheduled for the third Friday of every month, starting in June 2024, “IJ4EU Confidential” will delve into the backstories of collaborative journalistic projects that have set the agenda in Europe and beyond. The live sessions will feature first-hand […]

In May 2024, IPI documented at least 25 violations or threats to press freedom in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. These violations affected 20 male journalists and 7 female journalists. Cases of arrests and detention were the most common violations documented, followed by physical, verbal, or online attacks and censorship. The highest number of violations […]