The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the armed attack against reporter Ebru Uzun Oruç and her partner and cameraman Barış Oruç after receiving threats from ultra-nationalist groups in response to her street interviews series on Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli. We call on Turkish authorities to fully investigate this attack and hold those […]

The IPI global network of journalists, editors, and publishers is concerned by the Turkish government’s lack of transparency around a newly established “Centre for Combating Disinformation”, which the government announced recently via Twitter. Although the centre’s purpose remains unclear, the prospect of granting a government body a mandate to combat “disinformation” raises serious alarm – especially […]

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. Shamsur Rahman, a prominent journalist of Jashore, was shot dead by two armed assailants at his office in the district town on July 16, 2000, sparking movements by journalists in Jashore and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) will carry out fact-finding visits to Mozambique and Botswana from August 15 to 24 to investigate the press freedom environment and support independent journalism in both countries. A high-level IPI delegation led by IPI Executive Board Chair Khadija Patel will meet with a range of stakeholders in Maputo and Gaborone, […]