A Ukrainian website’s release of the personal information of more than 4,000 individuals from domestic and international media outlets who operated in the country’s restive east was ‘irresponsible’ and ‘ill-advised’, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today, condemning the move. On Tuesday night, a Kiev-based website with apparent links to Ukraine’s security services released a list […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined partner organisations in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in writing to the Director and Deputy Director of the Lithuanian State Data Protection Inspectorate (SDPI) to express concern at its attempted obstruction of investigative project “Karštos Pėdos” (“Hot Feet”)’s journalistic activity. ——————————- 27 January 2022 Dear Director Andrijauskas, […]

The death sentences that an Egypt court recently recommended for three journalists in absentia are unjust and must not be allowed to stand, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. The court made the recommendation on Saturday in a case charging the journalists and three others with endangering national security by leaking state secrets and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the attempted shooting of Turkish journalist Can Dündar today outside the courthouse where he was expected to hear the verdict in a criminal case over reports claiming that Turkey’s intelligence agency secretly armed Islamist rebel groups in Syria. Dündar, editor-in-chief of daily newspaper Cumhuriyet, escaped unharmed when a […]