To the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission On behalf of media freedom, journalists and human rights organizations across Europe, we call upon the European Union institutions to negotiate a strong and effective European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) that can counter media capture and protect editorial independence and media pluralism across Europe. […]

The IPI global network expresses deep alarm over a recently adopted amendment to China’s counterespionage law, which could have far-reaching effects on press freedom in the country. The new, vaguely worded legislation creates greater uncertainties for foreign correspondents working in China, and further degrades China’s already oppressive media environment.  On July 1, changes to China’s […]

The IPI global network strongly condemns the sentencing of Thaung Win, the former publisher of independent news outlet The Irrawaddy, to five years in prison for sedition. We call on the military authorities to immediately release Win and all imprisoned journalists in the country. Win was arrested in September 2022 in his home and initially […]

Newsrooms need to think about where their priorities intersect with those of their community members – particularly those who have been previously overlooked by the media. In some countries, media capture puts the majority of news outlets in the hands of just a powerful few; in others, the news media has not done enough to […]