The IJ4EU fund launched a new call for applications to its Investigation Support Scheme on August 10, with around €400,000 available to assist cross-border journalistic projects in the European Union and EU candidate countries. Under the scheme’s second call of the year, teams can apply for grants of €5,000 to €50,000 for new investigative projects, […]

The three-year prison sentence given today to Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni is a mockery of press freedom, the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, said today. A court in Algeria found Khaled Drareni, editor of the news website Casbah Tribune and the Algeria correspondent […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today vehemently condemned the arrest of Hong Kong media executive Jimmy Lai and six others by Hong Kong police under China’s new national security law for the territory. Jimmy Lai, his two sons and four executives of […]

On July 30, as Zimbabweans prepared to launch a nation-wide demonstration against government corruption, armed police raided the house of investigative journalist Mduduzi Mathuthu in Bulawayo. As he was not there, police arrested his sister. The warrant issued for Mathuthu’s arrest said that he was wanted in connection with “organising and advocating for illegal demonstrations […]