The IPI global network calls on the international community to renew its commitment to press freedom in Afghanistan. Two years since the withdrawal of US-led forces and the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban, the state of press freedom in Afghanistan is in crisis. The international community must act with urgency to support and protect […]

Amid spiraling violence against the press, Haiti is in desperate need of support and solutions to restore law and security, end impunity, and establish safe working conditions for journalists whose work is essential in rebuilding democracy. The broader instability that has been plaguing Haiti since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021 is mirrored […]

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Poland has taken in more than 1.5 million refugees. Yet this solidarity belies a less generous attitude toward asylum seekers from elsewhere in the world, as is played out daily on the Polish-Belarusian border. Welcome to The Jungle, an investigation into the dire conditions facing migrants and refugees trapped […]

A Turkish court has blocked the website of Voice of America’s (VOA) Turkish service after the international broadcaster refused to file a license application as demanded by the Turkish government’s telecommunications regulator, RTÜK, citing a risk of censorship. The regulation requiring online broadcasters to obtain a license from RTÜK went into force on August 1, […]