The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the detention of journalists covering a protest in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Russia. On Tuesday April 7, at least five journalists and media workers were detained as they were reporting from […]

The IPI global press freedom network today denounced the latest squeeze on investigative media in Russia and called for international condemnation over the move by Russian authorities to ban the independent outlet Proekt and label several of its journalists “foreign agents”. The move by the Prosecutor General’s office, which effectively outlaws the media outlet and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today welcomed President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s decision to lift sanctions imposed on media outlets in Tanzania. The announcement by Tanzania’s new president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, suspending all bans on media organizations is a welcome first step to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) joined a coalition of nine freedom of expression and media freedom organizations, led by ARTICLE 19, to make a submission to the Public Inquiry into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Since its establishment in December 2019, our organisations have closely monitored and participated in the work of the independent […]