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IPI launches Washington Post ad demanding justice for Shireen Abu Akleh

To mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the International Press Institute (IPI) today joins with four other press freedom groups to publish a full-page print ad in The Washington Post calling for an independent, U.S.-led investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.  On May 11, 2022, Abu Akleh […]

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IPI calls for transparent investigation into killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif

The IPI global network expresses its condolences to the family and colleagues of Arshad Sharif, prominent Pakistani journalist who was shot and killed by law enforcement in Kenya on October 24. We call for an independent and transparent investigation in order to determine the circumstances of his death.  Sharif, a former anchor with Pakistan’s ARY […]

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IPI to hold its second Annual Turkey Media Symposium in Izmir (Nov. 11)

Organized by the International Press Institute (IPI) Turkey National Committee and co-hosted by Izmir University of Economics on its campus in Izmir on November 11, 2022, IPI’s second annual Turkey Media Symposium, entitled “Media Economy and Financial Sustainability”, brought together a new generation of young journalists and journalism students from across Turkey with international and […]

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Italy: Prosecutor’s demands prison sentence for three journalists over factual reporting

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the undersigned media freedom and journalist associations in expressing shared shared concern over an Italian prosecutor’s request for a six-month prison sentence in a case of defamation through the press involving three journalists. The lawsuit had been filed in response to their reporting on a labour lawsuit associated […]

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