The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, joined seven other international media freedom organizations in calling the Parliament of Albania to reject a so-called “defamation package” of media laws that would empower the authorities to shut down online media without judicial oversight. The full letter, […]

The right to freedom of opinion and expression is facing severe threat around the world, as democracies and authoritarian regimes alike are undermining press freedom and the public’s right to information, the International Press Institute (IPI) said ahead of the Human Rights Day on December 10. The Vienna-based global network of editors, media executives and […]

Although media freedom is comparatively healthier in the Czech Republic than in other parts of Central Europe, such as Poland and Hungary, the challenges to independent journalism are growing here, too. Media concentration in the hands of political power, especially Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who purchased several influential media houses prior to his political ascent, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has condemned a new law in Russia that will allow the government to declare individual journalists as “foreign agents”. Under the new law, signed by President Vladimir Putin this week, individuals designated as “foreign agents” will be […]