The International Press Institute (IPI) expresses deep alarm over the recent surge in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks targeting media outlets in Hungary, Bosnia, Malta, and Ukraine. Cyber-attacks pose an increasingly serious threat to media freedom, hindering the free flow of information and obstructing the public’s access to independent journalism. In January, DDoS attacks […]

The IPI global network calls on the authorities in Kwara State, Nigeria to stop using Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act and the penal code to target journalists and undermine media freedom.  Earlier this month, on February 6, four journalists from the online news site Informant247 – Adisa-Jaji Azeez, Salihu Ayatullahi, Salihu Shola Taofeek, and Abdulrahman Taye Damilola […]

The IPI global network strongly condemns the Malaysian court’s decision to sentence journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown, the founder of IPI Free Media Pioneer award winner Radio Free Sarawak, to two years in prison over her investigative reporting. We call on Malaysian courts to overturn this unjust conviction and safeguard the rights of journalists. On Wednesday, […]

In January 2024, IPI documented 42 threats to press freedom in nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Arrests, detentions, and physical attacks were the most common categories of threats. Guinea recorded the highest number of violations. State actors remain the main perpetrators, responsible for 88 percent of the recorded attacks on journalists and media outlets.   […]