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IPI urges Spain to protect journalist safety amid Catalonia protests

Español. The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today called on authorities in Spain and Catalonia to ensure an end to police attacks on journalists covering protests following a Spanish Supreme Court ruling jailing leaders of the Catalan independence movement. According to local media […]

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El IPI pide el cese inmediato de las agresiones contra periodistas en Cataluña

English. El Instituto Internacional de la Prensa (IPI, por sus siglas en inglés), la organización global para la libertad de prensa que aúna los directores de los medios de información internacional más influyentes, pide a las autoridades de España y Cataluña que cesen las agresiones de miembros de fuerzas del Estado contra periodistas que cubren […]

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Egypt jails more journalists in ongoing crackdown

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, called today on Egyptian authorities to release all reporters still detained following a recent wave of arrests and condemned the government’s use of targeted cyberattacks on journalists. At least 21 journalists have been arrested across the country […]

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Turkey arrests two journalists over Syria criticism

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned Turkey’s arrest of Hakan Demir, online editor for the independent newspaper BirGün, and Fatih Gökhan Diler, managing editor of the news site Diken. The two detentions were part of a wave of arrests targeting critics of Turkey’s military operation across the Syrian border, which started yesterday.

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