Deutsch In mid-March, when the number of coronavirus cases started rising across Europe, Croatia reacted swiftly by imposing restrictive measures: the national state of emergency was declared on March 13, and all non-essential businesses closed on March 19. Journalists were among the essential workers who continued going to work every day, exposing themselves and their […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today decried the continued denial of justice in the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. “Two years have passed since Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, yet Saudi Arabia has failed to name or […]

This briefing note, prepared by the International Press Institute (IPI) on hehalf of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), provides an update of all press freedom violations documented in Europe throughout August and September 2020, on a country-by-country basis. It follows previous briefings published in May, June and July which focused on the emerging Covid-19 crisis and attacks on journalists […]

30 September 2020 Dear President von der Leyen, President of the European Commission Dear President Michel, President of the European Commission Dear President Sassoli, President of the European Parliament cc: Vice-President for Transparency & Values, Věra Jourová EU Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders Permanent Representative of Germany to the European Union, Michael Clauss We, the undersigned […]