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Jordan: Two journalists detained under cybercrime law

Following the detention of two journalists on cybercrimes charges, the IPI global network urges Jordanian authorities to immediately cease the harassment of the media. The country’s cybercrime law should urgently be revised to ensure it can no longer be used to restrict the work of the press. The recent detention of two journalists at the […]

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UK Supreme Court denies Assange permission to appeal extradition

The International Press Institute (IPI) continues to urge the U.S. government to drop its prosecution of Julian Assange under the Espionage Act, which poses a serious risk to press freedom and the right to information. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is inching closer to being extradited to the United States to face espionage charges after the […]

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Amidst war in Ukraine, EU must provide emergency visas for Russian & Belarusian journalists fleeing repression

The undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today call on the Member States of the European Union to set a global example of support for media freedom in crisis by extending emergency shelter and visa waivers to Russian journalists fleeing the country, as well as Belarusian journalists seeking refuge from war and […]

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Ukraine: IPI trauert um die Journalisten Pierre Zakrzewski und Oleksandra Kuvshynova

Read in English Das International Press Institute (IPI) betrauert heute den tragischen Verlust von zwei weiteren Journalisten, die dazu beigetragen haben, den Krieg in der Ukraine zu dokumentieren, und erneuert seinen Aufruf an die Streitkräfte, alle möglichen Schritte zu unternehmen, um die Sicherheit aller journalistischen Crews zu gewährleisten, die vor Ort berichten. Am 15. März […]

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