This week much of Slovakia’s media community came together in Bratislava to commemorate the five-year anniversary of the killing of investigative journalist Já​​n Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová. The path to full justice for the double murder has been slow. The hitman and an intermediary are behind bars serving hefty sentences. Now the verdict […]

The IPI global network strongly condemns the rearrest in Somalia of Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, a respected press freedom advocate and the secretary general of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS). Somali authorities must immediately and unconditionally release him and end their attacks on press freedom. Security forces detained Mumin at the Jazeera Hotel, in Mogadishu, the […]

Today, marking one year since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, IPI joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in renewing our condemnation of Russia’s war of aggression. We continue to stand in solidarity with the journalists and media workers who cover the events at great risk to their […]

The IPI global network calls for full accountability for the killing of American journalist Dylan Lyons, who was fatally shot this week while reporting at the scene of a shooting in Orlando, Florida. We welcome reports of a swift arrest in this case and urge local authorities to ensure all perpetrators are brought justice.  On […]