The state of emergency in Turkey, which has been extended seven times, is scheduled to be lifted on July 18, 2018, almost two years to the day after its initial implementation following an attempted coup that Turkey’s government has blamed on the exiled cleric Fetullah Gülen. While the move would appear to be a positive […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is pleased to announce that the Norway-based Fritt Ord Foundation has joined the 2018 IJ4EU fund as a contributing partner. Fritt Ord has provided IPI with a grant of 200,000 NOK (approximately 26,500 euros) to provide additional financial support to projects selected by the independent jury last month. The additional […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for media freedom, today described the decision of a court in Myanmar to try two Reuters journalists for breaching the country’s Official Secrets Act as a gross of violation of freedom of expression and press freedom. The two reporters, Wa […]

Five journalists with Turkey’s Zaman newspaper today were given jail sentences of up to 10 years on terror-related charges following a ten-month trial. An additional six defendants in the case were acquitted.