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Zimbabwe battles for media freedom after milestone election

Journalists in Zimbabwe continue to push for the reform of oppressive media laws and a freer media environment following the violent aftermath of the first general election in the country since Robert Mugabe’s 37-year-long regime ended last year. Though the historic vote, which saw the candidate of Mugabe’s Zanu PF party, Emmerson Mnangagwa, elected as president, was […]

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IPI Executive Board to meet in Slovakia on Day to End Impunity

On November 2, the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, publishers and journalists for media freedom, will gather in Bratislava, Slovakia to demand justice in the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak. Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, were […]

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Caruana Galizia murder investigation flawed, groups conclude

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined five other international press freedom groups in launching a set of comprehensive findings following a three-day mission to Malta earlier this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. After meeting with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, Minister for Justice, Culture and Local […]

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UN report indicates Saudi officials liable in Khashoggi killing

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, today urged the international community to demand that Saudi Arabia ensure justice for Jamal Khashoggi following a report released today by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Agnes Callamard, the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial […]

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