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Neuer Bericht enthüllt Infrastruktur hinter Cyberangriffen auf das IPI und ungarische Medien

Neue Beweise, aufgedeckt von Experten für digitale Forensik, stützen die Schlussfolgerung, dass der Cyberangriff auf das IPI im September als Vergeltung für unsere Arbeit zur Unterstützung unabhängiger Medien in Ungarn durchgeführt wurde. Diese Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass sich die Kampagne gegen die unabhängigen Medien Ungarns ausweitet und auch Angriffe auf zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen umfasst, die […]

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IPI demands immediate release of Al-Araby Al-Jadeed Gaza correspondent Diaa Al-Kahlout

The IPI global network calls for the immediate release of Diaa Al-Kahlout, correspondent for Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, who was detained by Israeli forces on Thursday December 7 in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza. We also call on the Israeli military to respect the international rules of war, which requires all warring parties to protect journalists and […]

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Deus ex lex: The long and tortured road of Serbian media reform

“Lex non a rege est violanda,” – “The law must not be violated even by the king”, states a Latin legal maxim. But, in a recent saga over new media laws in Serbia it was never so much about the laws themselves as it was about those implementing them.  Two milestone laws that define the […]

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Hungary: Draft Sovereignty Protection Act poses fresh threat to independent media

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium in warning the European Union about the chilling impact that the Hungarian ruling party’s proposed Sovereignty Protection Act will have on what remains of the country’s embattled independent media community. Our organisations stress that while media are not named […]

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