The IPI global network today condemned the forced transfer of the headquarters of Venezuela’s El Nacional newspaper to Socialist Party Vice President Diosdado Cabello. The farcical court ruling is the latest unmistakable attack on press freedom in Venezuela. The decision by a Venezuelan court is the outcome of a long-running defamation lawsuit against El Nacional. […]

The decision by Turkey’s Radio and Television High Council (RTÜK) requesting several international news outlets to file a broadcast license application must not lead to further harassment of media, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. As the regulator has a proven pattern of harassing independent media over critical coverage of the government and its […]

The IPI global network today condemned a Hungarian government decree which – despite a court order – ensured journalists from independent media titles could continue be barred from reporting from inside hospitals. IPI called on the Fidesz government and its pandemic management body to approve future requests for journalists to access health facilities and stop […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid response (MFRR) is expressing solidarity with journalist Grzegorz Rzeczkowski who faces four SLAPPs and was recently dismissed by Polityka, one of the major independent weekly magazines in Poland, without a transparent reason. The MFRR is concerned by the abusive legal actions […]