The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, welcomed today’s decision by a British judge blocking the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. The U.S. government had sought Assange’s extradition in connection with his role in publishing a vast trove of […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges and pushed the media into uncharted territory. Across the globe press freedom has been undermined by governments to control the public narrative and cover up their inadequacies. Authorities have clamped down on the media to control information and public debate about the pandemic. Emergency regulations were put in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, today criticized the Ethiopian government for arresting Reuters photojournalist Kumerra Gemechu and demanded his immediate release. Gemechu, a freelance cameraperson working for Reuters, was arrested on December 24 from his house in the capital Addis Ababa, but authorities […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today vehemently condemned the sentencing of Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist who reported from Wuhan about COVID-19. A court in Shanghai today convicted Zhang for ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’, a charge often levelled by the Chinese […]