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IJ4EU gives €1.11 million in grants in 2021/22

IPI’s Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) programme has awarded more than €1.1 million in grants during the current funding year, allowing reporters across the European Union and beyond to launch collaborative investigations in the public interest. For IJ4EU’s 2021/22 grant cycle, independent juries have allocated an average of €25,800 to 43 cross-border teams under two […]

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Botswana pushes warrantless surveillance bill, threatening press freedom

The IPI global network today urged Botswana to withdraw a proposed law that would allow for warrantless surveillance of communications. The bill has been sharply criticized by media representatives in Botswana and Africa. Botswana’s government is currently pushing the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Bill through parliament. If passed, the bill will have a chilling effect […]

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27 international groups call on Turkey to release Sedef Kabaş

The International Press Institute and 26 undersigned human rights and journalists’ organizations call for the immediate release of journalist Sedef Kabaş following her late-night arrest on January 22 and for an end to the judicial harassment of independent media. On January 22, Kabaş was detained during a midnight police raid in Istanbul following critical comments […]

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Journalists continue to risk their lives reporting on Sudan protests

Ali Farsab was shot at and beaten by Sudanese security forces on November 19 while covering protests in Sudan following the October military coup. Even with a slow physical recovery, he is ready to continue reporting on increasingly violent, and fatal, protests and won’t let his own trauma stop him. “The incident that I faced […]

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