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Daphne Caruana Galizia: Landmark Public Inquiry recommendations must be implemented

We the undersigned organisations welcome the conclusions and recommendations of the milestone Public Inquiry into the assassination of Malta’s leading investigative journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia. Now is the moment for the Maltese authorities to consider and accept the Board’s detailed recommendations and to publish a plan of action on how they will be implemented in […]

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Turkey: Journalists beaten with iron rods while covering protest over Kurdish murders

The IPI global network today condemned the physical assaults against several journalists in Istanbul covering protests against the murder of a Kurdish family. IPI calls on the Turkish authorities to hold those responsible to account and ensure journalist safety. Konya Katliamı’nın protesto edildiği eylem sonrası, Kasımpaşa/Yakupağa Sokağı’nda eylemcilere ve gazetecilere faşistler sopalarla saldırdıhttps://t.co/nWLTwlohBS pic.twitter.com/Kn8eQsS5cU — […]

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Russia: Police raid home of chief editor of investigative outlet The Insider

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the latest wave of state pressure on investigative journalism in Russia ahead of parliamentary elections and expressed grave concern about the weaponization of the country’s “foreign agent” law against critical media. On July 28, police […]

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Belarus court labels Belsat TV channel ‘extremist’

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the move by a court in Belarus to label the Polish-funded Belsat television channel “extremist” and called for an intensification of international sanctions over the government’s ongoing crackdown on press freedom. Belsat TV, which has been a key source of coverage of nationwide anti-government protests which broke out […]

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