The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the harassment of journalists covering protests amid Myanmar’s military coup d’état and called on the authorities to immediately restore internet services. According to news reports, several journalists were attacked while covering protests in Yangon, the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today demanded the immediate release of all the journalists and media workers remaining in custody in Belarus and called on the international community to condemn the Lukashenko regime for its brutal crackdown on media freedom and human rights. IPI, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for […]

One of the last remaining independent broadcasters in Hungary faces being wiped off the airwaves in a matter of weeks unless its last-ditch request for a temporary license is approved by a court, the International Press Institute (IPI) warned today. On February 9, executives and lawyers of Klubrádió will be in court in Budapest to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) calls for the immediate acquittal of Erol Önderoğlu, an IPI member and the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Turkey representative, as well as his two co-defendants, Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Ahmet Nesin, ahead of their retrial in Turkey on February 3, 2021 on terrorism-related charges. Önderoğlu, a journalist and respected press […]