The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the latest wave of state pressure on investigative journalism in Russia ahead of parliamentary elections and expressed grave concern about the weaponization of the country’s “foreign agent” law against critical media. On July 28, police […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the move by a court in Belarus to label the Polish-funded Belsat television channel “extremist” and called for an intensification of international sanctions over the government’s ongoing crackdown on press freedom. Belsat TV, which has been a key source of coverage of nationwide anti-government protests which broke out […]

This text is part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response’s (MFRR) third press freedom monitoring report, which was publihsed today. Click here to download the report in full.   One of the key factors in the continued decline in press and media freedom in several EU Member States and Candidate Countries within the last year […]

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) coalition launched its third press freedom monitoring report today, highlighting key threats to the exercise of journalism in Europe between November 2020 and the end of February 2021. The report was compiled by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) with the support of the International Press […]