The IPI global network calls on Tunisia to cease its use of the country’s draconian cybercrime laws to target and punish journalists. At least six journalists were arrested on cybercrimes charges this May, in the latest crackdown on the media and civil society. The recent spate of arrests comes amid the alarming erosion of press […]

The members of the International Press Institute (IPI), meeting at their 73nd annual General Assembly during the IPI World Congress on May 23, 2024 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted by unanimous vote a resolution calling on states to ensure robust, independent news reporting and access to information on the environment and the climate crisis […]

The IPI global network today once again calls for an end to the use of spyware against journalists in Europe, following new revelations by NGO Access Now, which found that seven more Russian and Belarusian journalists and activists in exile in Europe had been targeted by Pegasus spyware. In its statement, Access Now drew up […]

In April 2024, IPI documented at least 23 incidents of threats to press freedom in 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. State-sponsored censorship was the most common violation recorded, followed by the arrest and detention of journalists. The highest number of violations was recorded in Burkina Faso. State actors remain the main perpetrators, responsible for 96 […]