The IPI global network welcomes the action taken by Georgian authorities in the case of a verbal and physical attack on TV Pirveli journalist Nini Elikashvili and cameraman Papuna Khachidze. The TV crew was attacked in Tsalka Municipality, located in southern Georgia, on June 30 while covering local discontent with the use of a municipality […]

Four leading Nordic newspapers are protesting the attacks on press freedom in Hong Kong by the Chinese government. The statement was written by editors-in-chiefs Kaius Niemi (Helsingin Sanomat, Finland), Christian Jensen (Politiken, Denmark), Trine Eilersten (Aftenposten, Norway) and Peter Wolodarski (Dagens Nyheter, Sweden). Four leading newspapers from the Nordic countries join in a protest against […]

On 18 June 2021, the Administrative Court of Lazio (TAR Lazio) ordered the Italian Media Public Broadcaster (RAI) to release documents held by TV Program Report following an access to information request. Despite the Court correctly decided that  the 2016 Decree n. 97 on Transparency (FOIA), which regulates the right of access to information (“accesso […]

One year after taking effect, China’s National Security Law for Hong Kong has confirmed analysts’ worst fears. Despite claims from Hong Kong officials that its impact would be small, the law has become a direct threat to journalism, leading to raids on newsrooms, arrests of editors, and the closure of prominent pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily. […]