The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the undersigned media freedom and journalist groups in expressing dismay at the decision of Romania’s Prosecutor Office at the Bucharest Court of Appeal to close the investigation into the smear campaign against journalist Emilia Șercan. To do so, the Prosecutor made the extraordinary ruling that ‘the offences’ – including […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the African Freedom of Expression Centre (AFEX) hosted a side event on October 19, 2023, on the sidelines of the forum for NGOs participating at the 77th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in Arusha, Tanzania. The event was themed: Addressing online threats towards […]

The IPI global network demands an end to violence against journalists in Russia’s North Caucasus region, following a recent attack in Ingushetia on journalists Lilian Rubtsova and Alena Sadovskaya. The attack took place after a violent assault in Chechnya earlier this year in which Novaya Gazeta correspondent Elena Milashina was seriously wounded. According to Rubtsova, […]

IPI and its global network strongly condemn the four-year prison sentence handed today to Regionalnaya Gazeta newspaper director Alexander Mantsevich, who was accused of “discrediting Belarus”. Mantsevich was arrested in March this year, two months after authorities designated Regionalnaya Gazeta’s website and Telegram publications as “extremist” content. Following his arrest, the independent outlet’s Instagram account […]