More and more journalists and civil society organisations are being sued by powerful businessmen and politicians. The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined a group of 87 organisations and media freedom groups calling on the EU to ensure those with a watchdog role are protected from gag lawsuits. —————— One hot spring afternoon in Malta, a journalist drove up […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, joined 16 other press freedom organizations in expressing concern over restrictions imposed on independent media by governments. The statement was issued as part of the global Media Freedom Coalition Advisory Network on the sidelines of the 2nd Global Media Freedom conference. […]

The EU must end gag lawsuits used to silence individuals and organisations that hold those in positions of power to account. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) are lawsuits brought forward by powerful actors (e.g. companies, public officials in their private capacity, high profile persons) to harass and silence those speaking out in the public […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom and the European Federation of Journalists in condemning the arson attack against James Cruickshank, the publisher of the Glasgow crime weekly The Digger. As part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), the organisations also denounced attempts to intimidate stockists across the Scottish capital […]