IPI and its global network today urge authorities in Kyrgyzstan to reverse a decision banning the operations in the country of Radio Azattyk, the Kyrgyz Service of RFE/RL, a U.S. Congress-funded media corporation. A district court in Bishkek handed an initial ruling in this direction on April 27. On April 27, a district court in […]

Read this statement in Czech on our National Committee website. On World Press Freedom Day 2023, the International Press Institute (IPI) and its Czech National Committee today call on the government of Prime Minister Petr Fiala to refocus its attention on strengthening media freedom and supporting independent journalism.  In the first few months after it […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in welcoming the arrests announced last Friday of two suspects in connection with the 2021 assassination of crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz in Greece. The two men, brothers aged 40 and 48, are in custody and awaiting a hearing today, […]

As Turkey prepares for presidential and parliamentary elections, press freedom and human rights groups demand that, whoever forms the next government, unwinding a decade of restrictions on media freedom must be a central priority for the country. The extent of the media freedom crisis facing Turkey is outlined in the International Press Institute’s (IPI) report […]