Following a two-day mission to Dublin on 22-23 October 2024, the partners of the Council of Europe’s Platform on Safety of Journalists today called on Irish authorities to continue to engage with civil society in order to prioritise the reform of defamation legislation, the adoption of comprehensive anti-SLAPP provisions, the safety of journalists throughout the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors and journalists, condemns the recent denial of entry to Czech journalist Ray Baseley into Georgia three days before the country’s crucial parliamentary elections. Georgian authorities must immediately put an end to the worrying practice of barring foreign journalists from entering the country. On October 22, […]

The IPI global network demands the release of Belarusian journalists Ihar Ilyash and Daniil Palianski, whose detentions were reported on in the space of a week by independent Belarusian media. The detention on unclear grounds of Ilyash, who is the husband of imprisoned Belsat journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva, was reported on Tuesday. In a video later […]

The IPI global network today reiterates its call on the international community to take urgent and immediate action to ensure the safety of all journalists in Gaza, as Israel intensifies bombardments in the northern region of the territory. We urge all states – particularly allies of Israel and members of the Media Freedom Coalition – […]