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New report analyses legal responses to online harassment in Europe

A new report examines successful legal responses to online harassment and abuse against female journalists in Europe. The report, published by the OSCE Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media in cooperation with the International Press Institute (IPI), critically analyses three approaches in Finland, France and Ireland that were used to hold those […]

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Turkey releases journalist Kadri Gürsel on probation

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editor, media executives and journalists, welcomed the release of IPI Executive Board member and Turkey National Committee Chair Kadri Gürsel from prison in Turkey. Gürsel was briefly jailed yesterday after reporting to the authorities to serve out the remainder of a two-and-a-half year prison sentence handed […]

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IPI demands immediate release of Egypt journalist Mahmoud Hussein

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, today called on Egypt to uphold the rule of law and release Al Jazeera correspondent and IPI member Mahmoud Hussein. A Egyptian court on May 21 ordered Hussein’s release after nearly 900 days, a decision upheld by an appeals court on […]

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Malta urged to implement findings of rule of law report

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined an open letter to Maltese representatives at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) expressing support for the work of Pieter Omtzigt, the special rapporteur appointed by PACE to examine the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Omtzigt will present today his report on the rule […]

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