The IPI global network strongly condemns the sentencing of Thaung Win, the former publisher of independent news outlet The Irrawaddy, to five years in prison for sedition. We call on the military authorities to immediately release Win and all imprisoned journalists in the country. Win was arrested in September 2022 in his home and initially […]

Newsrooms need to think about where their priorities intersect with those of their community members – particularly those who have been previously overlooked by the media. In some countries, media capture puts the majority of news outlets in the hands of just a powerful few; in others, the news media has not done enough to […]

The IPI global network condemns the continued arbitrary detention of journalists Busharo Ali Mohamed and Abdiqani Hussein Abokor in Somaliland and demands their unconditional and immediate release. Their arrest is a violation of press freedom and is a sign of the Somaliland authorities’ intolerance toward critical reporting. Busharo and Abdiqani were arrested and detained on […]

Researchers have been tracking the use of cyber surveillance software to target journalists for years, but until now no government has ever been caught using it during an active international conflict. New revelations from digital rights researchers and advocates uncovered the targeting of public officials and journalists with Pegasus spyware during the 2020 war between […]