When AstraZeneca announced delays in COVID-19 vaccine deliveries promised to the EU in early 2021, Brussels raised the spectre of legal action to force the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker to honour its contract. Investigative journalist Stefano Valentino didn’t fancy the European Commission’s chances if things ended up in court. He’d studied an unredacted version of its contract […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins leading press freedom and journalists’ organisations, including ​Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners,​ in strongly condemning the decision by the Court of Appeals to reject Jovo Martinović’s appeal and uphold the first instance verdict of the High Court in Podgorica which convicted Martinovic to 12 months of prison. […]

The re-election of the leaders of Vietnam’s Communist Party during the party’s official congress last month heralds a continuation of oppressive policies toward press freedom, experts say. The congress, which ended on February 1, saw the re-election of key party members, including party’s general secretary, Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also Vietnam’s president. Nguyen Phu […]

The everyday work of foreign correspondents in China is becoming increasingly difficult. Over the last year, foreign journalists in China have been expelled, harassed, threatened. Recent developments have intensified the situation further. On March 2, the British ambassador to China, Caroline Wilson, posted an article on the Chinese social media platform WeChat in which she […]