The undersigned organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today express serious concern over the Molotov cocktail attack on the home of journalist Willem Groeneveld in Groningen last night. We welcome the prompt response of the Dutch authorities to carry out a police investigation and we call on authorities to analyse the safety measures […]

We, the undersigned organisations, firmly condemn the Belarusian government’s rapidly escalating crackdown on Belarusian civil society and its increasingly brazen abuses of the Belarusian people’s right to freedom of expression and information. We further call on officials of the European Union, Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the United Nations […]

An independent jury has chosen 15 teams from across Europe to participate in a new grant and support scheme designed for freelancers as part of IPI’s IJ4EU fund for cross-border investigative journalism. Launched in June, the Freelancer Support Scheme offers financing, mentoring, training and networking opportunities to teams made up entirely of journalists working outside […]

The IPI global network today condemned the expulsion from Russia of the BBC’s Moscow correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, and warned it was part of an increasingly systematic attack on independent journalism ahead of upcoming legislative elections. On August 12, Russian state television reported that the Foreign Ministry had decided not to renew the visa of the […]