The International Press Institute (IPI) will monitor the murder trial beginning Monday, January 13 of four suspects accused of murdering Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, in February 2018. IPI Deputy Director Scott Griffen will attend and report from the first day of the trial on Monday in Pezinok, just outside the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today renewed its call on the government of Sri Lanka to investigate the murder of IPI World Press Freedom Hero and former Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge and bring those responsible to justice. Wickrematunge was killed near […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, publishers and leading journalists for press freedom, has joined The Washington Post’s Press Freedom Partnership. The Washington Post Press Freedom Partnership is an ongoing initiative that aims to highlight organizations working vigilantly to promote press freedom and raise awareness of the rights of journalists worldwide. […]

Despite a notable drop in the number of journalist killings, the global press freedom crisis deepened in 2019 as governments increasingly turned to legal harassment, smear campaigns and online attacks to pressure independent media and journalists into silence. The International Press Institute (IPI)’s global coverage of media freedom this year showed a rise in the […]