The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today expressed serious concern over attempts by the governing party to politicize the board of the Czech public broadcaster. In leaked emails published today, lawmakers from the governing ANO party were sent a list of recommendations on […]

Zur deutschen Version Turning on the evening news 20 years ago, many Czechs were confronted instead with a public service announcement telling them the CT1 channel had been hijacked by an unauthorized signal. The crisis that broke out at Česká televize (CT) in December 2000 saw the public broadcaster’s service interrupted as journalists occupied studios […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today urged the government of Pakistan to have an open and transparent discussion with stakeholders on controversial new social media regulations. In January, the Pakistani government introduced new rules to regulate all social media usage in the […]

On April 21, 1967, in Greece, a group of right-wing army officers seized power in a coup d’état establishing a seven-year-long dictatorship. After its rise to power, the ruling military junta introduced a new censorship policy, aiming to bend the media to its will. For IPI member Helena Vlachos, the response was clear: she immediately […]