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How Armenia’s EVN Report is elevating public discourse amid crisis and transformation

Stay up to date with IPI’s work on media innovation and sustainability by subscribing to our newsletter The Outlook. Sign up here. “When you are a country in conflict, you tend to become very insularized. We wanted to do something against that,” the founder and editor-in-chief of the Yerevan-based weekly magazine EVN Report, Maria Titizian, […]

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Nigeria: IPI welcomes ECOWAS Court decision protecting freedom of expression standards

The IPI global network welcomes the recent decision by the ECOWAS Court of Justice which declared some provisions of the Nigeria broadcasting regulations as incompatible with the freedom of expression guarantees in the  African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR). In a judgment delivered on October 23, 2023, the Court ruled that Articles 3(1)(1) […]

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Netherlands: Vexatious lawsuit against Het Financieele Dagblad condemned

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) in condemning the lawsuit against Dutch daily newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad (FD) and stands in solidarity with the FD and its journalists. The case, of which the hearing will take place on 13 November […]

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IJ4EU interview: How Western tech powers Russian drones in Ukraine

In the ever-evolving landscape of modern warfare, drones have become a ubiquitous presence, reshaping conflicts and redefining strategies. Russian forces continue to wage technologically advanced warfare in Ukraine, exploiting an unexpected resource: Western technology. A team of investigative reporters supported by IPI’s IJ4EU fund for cross-border journalism has revealed how components made by companies in […]

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