The IPI global press freedom network calls on political figures in Nigeria to respect press freedom and ensure that journalists can work freely and safely during the run-up to the general elections in February 2023.  On November 16, an aide to Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor and who is the gubernatorial candidate of the […]

The undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today express serious concern over the decision by Latvia’s National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) to revoke the broadcast license of exiled independent Russian TV station Dozhd, which is based in Riga. Given the clear implications for media freedom, our organisations urge the regulator to […]

The IPI global press freedom network reiterated its call on Guatemala to immediately release IPI World Press Freedom José Rubén Zamora, who has been jailed since July on money-laundering charges that are widely considered politically motivated. Zamora faces a next hearing in the case on December 8. Zamora, the president and founder of the independent […]

The IPI global network today joined Al Jazeera and other stakeholders in The Hague to submit a formal request to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the killing of Palestinian-American journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Shireen Abu Akleh, who was fatally shot by Israeli forces in the […]