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Italy: IPI joins call to support Roberto Saviano in a defamation trial

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE), with the support of the coalition’s Italian group and its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in expressing solidarity with Roberto Saviano who attended the first hearing in the proceedings for aggravated defamation initiated against him by current Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. […]

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The News Minute | How the State and social media witch-hunt women journalists in India

IPI’s media partners in the South Asia Cross-border journalism project in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Nepal document press freedom violations in their countries. On October 3, 2022, the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, became a launch platform for an international campaign for the safety of journalists. The campaign, […]

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IPI welcomes U.S. investigation into killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

The IPI global network welcomes the news that the United States has opened an investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist and IPI World Press Freedom Hero Shireen Abu Akleh, who was fatally shot during a raid by Israeli forces in the West Bank in May 2022. IPI urges U.S. authorities to ensure that the […]

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IPI begrüßt US-Untersuchung zur Tötung von Shireen Abu Akleh

Das globale Netzwerk IPI begrüßt die Nachricht, dass die Vereinigten Staaten eine Untersuchung über die Ermordung der palästinensisch-amerikanischen Journalistin und IPI World Press Freedom Hero Shireen Abu Akleh eingeleitet haben, die im Mai 2022 bei einem Überfall israelischer Streitkräfte im Westjordanland erschossen wurde. IPI fordert die US-Behörden nachdrücklich auf, sicherzustellen, dass die Untersuchung vollständig transparent, […]

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