Egyptian security forces have raided the headquarters of the Turkish state news agency in Cairo, arresting three Egyptian journalists and one Turkish journalist. The police raid on the Anadolu Agency (AA) offices took place on the evening of Tuesday, January 14. The reason for their arrest is unclear and the location of the four journalists […]

One year after the killing of Ghana journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, expressed deep concern over the lack of progress in the murder investigation. Ahmed Hussein-Suale, an investigative journalist working for the organization Tiger Eye, was shot dead on […]

Four suspects are on trial in Slovakia for the February 2018 murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and fiancée Martina Kušnírová. IPI is attending the trial in Pezinok, Slovakia as an observer. Follow @globalfreemedia for live reports. Daily summaries will be published on IPI’s website.  PEZINOK, Slovakia – A key prosecution witness today testified in court that […]

PEZINOK, Slovakia – An alleged hitman plead guilty today in a Slovak court to murdering journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kušnírová in February 2018. Miroslav Marček, a former solider, testified that he shot Kuciak on February 21, 2018 at the home he and Kušnírová shared in Velka Maca. He said that he then […]