The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined media freedom partners in writing to the President of Georgia, Salomé Zourabichvili, urging her to officially pardon leading TV station owner and publisher Nika Gvaramia, who has been in jail since May 2022 after being sentenced on politically motivated charges. Salome Zourabichvili President of Georgia Administration of the […]

In the final stretch of a bitter election campaign, presidential candidate Petr Pavel was forced to assure voters that he was still alive. Reports of the former general’s death may not have prevented him romping to victory in the Czech Republic’s January presidential election, but they were just one example of the “alarming” levels of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in today expressing dismay over the recent court ruling involving a SLAPP lawsuit against independent Greek media outlet Alterthess and one of its journalists, Stavroula Poulimeni. Using the MFRR Legal Support fund, our consortium will help provide funding to cover […]

The IPI global network condemns the Vietnamese government’s decision to sentence journalist Nguyen Lan Thang to six years in prison. Judicial authorities must immediately release Nguyen Lan Thang and ensure Vietnamese courts are not used to stifle press freedom.  Nguyen Lan Thang was convicted on April 12 by the Hanoi People’s Court of spreading “anti-state […]