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IPI launches resource platform for newsrooms on online abuse

A new website launched on July 9 by the International Press Institute (IPI) offers comprehensive resources for newsrooms to combat online harassment against journalists and its effects on press freedom. Although harassment and abuse of journalists online are growing across the globe, there are few concrete resources available for newsrooms to respond to the dangers […]

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New report: Poland’s public media serve as propaganda tool

A recent report by Poland’s Society of Journalists and the Batory Foundation finds that public media in Poland do not fulfil their role as a source of independent and balanced news, but rather function as a propaganda tool for the government. “We saw that the government was using public service media, which is under its […]

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New EU Parliament must protect press freedom

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, urges the new Members of the European Parliament (MEP) to prioritize protecting press freedom and safety of journalists. “Meeting for the first time after the European Parliament elections, MEPs should set press freedom and safety of journalists as […]

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IPI urges Morocco to release Taoufik Bouachrine

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today called for the release of Moroccan editor Taoufik Bouachrine in line with the findings of the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. “The arrest and sentencing of Bouachrine, a well-known critic of both the Moroccan and Saudi Arabian […]

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