We, the undersigned organisations, firmly condemn the Belarusian government’s rapidly escalating crackdown on Belarusian civil society and its increasingly brazen abuses of the Belarusian people’s right to freedom of expression and information. We further call on officials of the European Union, Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the United Nations […]

An independent jury has chosen 15 teams from across Europe to participate in a new grant and support scheme designed for freelancers as part of IPI’s IJ4EU fund for cross-border investigative journalism. Launched in June, the Freelancer Support Scheme offers financing, mentoring, training and networking opportunities to teams made up entirely of journalists working outside […]

The IPI global network today condemned the expulsion from Russia of the BBC’s Moscow correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, and warned it was part of an increasingly systematic attack on independent journalism ahead of upcoming legislative elections. On August 12, Russian state television reported that the Foreign Ministry had decided not to renew the visa of the […]

The IPI global network today expressed serious concern over a bill in South Korea that would raise punishments for media outlets sued for publishing “fake news”. South Korea’s governing Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has introduced an amendment to the Media Arbitration Act that lawmakers claim is intended to combat the spread of false information. […]