The partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today strongly condemn the civil defamation lawsuit launched against the editor-in-chief of Poland’s biggest daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza by the serving Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro. Our organisations consider this to be yet another example of the Justice Ministry’s use of lawsuits as a tool for pressuring […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the recent physical attack which injured Montenegrin journalist Sead Sadiković and called on authorities to ensure that those responsible are prosecuted. During the attack on March 20, the well-known journalist for Vijesti Television was threatened […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today sent a letter to the European Council President Charles Michel ahead of the European Council meeting on March 25 and 26 where EU-Turkey relations will be discussed. The letter calls on Michel and the European Council to insist on an improved human rights record in Turkey, especially in press freedom […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined 23 organisations from across Europe in expressing solidarity with Swedish media Realtid ahead of a court hearing in London tomorrow which will rule on whether a civil defamation SLAPP lawsuit brought against it by a businessman can go ahead in the UK.   23 March 2021 Twenty-four organisations express their solidarity […]