The International Press Institute (IPI) this week took part in an international press freedom mission to Mexico, where verbal attacks on the press by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador have added a new dimension to a country mired in a crisis of journalist safety and impunity. At a press conference on November 6 in Mexico City, the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today expressed concern over a recent upsurge in attacks on media outlets covering unrest in Iraq and called on authorities to ensure the safety of all journalists reporting on protests. Last month, IPI documented several violations in the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, will join an international press freedom mission to Mexico from November 2 to 8, 2019, coinciding with International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Comprised of a coalition of 17 international press freedom and freedom […]

“If you want to get rid of independent and public media, the first thing you have to do is convince the people that it is not needed”, Nina Horaczek, chief reporter for the Viennese weekly Falter, told the International Press Institute (IPI) in a recent interview. It’s an objective that appears to be a driving […]