We, the undersigned media and journalists’ organizations, express our support for Peter Bárdy, editor-in-chief of Aktuality.sk, as he faces a vexatious lawsuit filed by Prime Minister Robert Fico for use of Fico’s image on the cover or the book ‘Fico – Obsessed with Power’.  Fico is seeking €100,000 in damages from Peter Bárdy and an […]

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and partner organizations today mourn the death of Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who died in unclear circumstances while in Russian detention, and whose death was confirmed by Russian and Ukrainian authorities on Thursday. We welcome the opening of an investigation by Ukrainian authorities on grounds of “war crime combined […]

Every Friday, journalist Giorgos Karaivaz would bring flowers or sweets home to his wife and son on his way back from the TV studio. But on 9 April 2021, that routine ended in tragedy. As he returned home, a black scooter with two riders pulled up beside him, and ten bullets tore through his body. […]

The IPI global network today condemns the prison terms handed to two journalists in Kyrgyzstan who worked with media projects linked to Kyrgyz investigative journalist Bolot Temirov, who was forced into exile in 2022. The two journalists, Mahabat Tajibek Kyzy and Azamat Ishenbekov, were sentenced to six and five years of prison, respectively, on charges […]