A 500,000 euro lawsuit against Romanian journalist Ana Poenariu and the investigative news centre RISE Project shows the urgent need for improved legal protection for journalists, the International Press Institute (IPI) said. Investigative journalist Ana Poenariu and RISE Project were sued last November by a private company called BSG Business Select SRL and its owner, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) condemned today the police violence against Agence France-Presse (AFP) photojournalist Bülent Kılıç while he was covering the Pride March in Istanbul on March 26. Kılıç, who is an award-winner photojournalist in Turkey, posted on social media that police officers had pressed their knees into his back and throat, leaving him unable to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined its MFRR partners in calling again on the Italian Parliament to undertake comprehensive reform of the country’s defamation laws to bring them in line with international standards on freedom of expression.  The call comes as the Italian Constitutional Court issued a ruling underscoring the need for change. Read […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the recent prison sentences handed out to three Italian journalists by a court in Milan and strongly urged Italian lawmakers to reform the country’s criminal defamation laws. Italian journalists Andrea Marcenaro, Giorgio Mulé and Riccardo Arena were each sentenced to prison time by the Court of Milan on […]