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Europe must pressure Malta in Carauana Galizia investigation, son says

Matthew Caruana Galizia, son of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia who was killed almost two years ago by a car bomb in Malta, today called for greater international pressure for an independent inquiry into his mother’s assassination. Speaking today at a press conference in Vienna with International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Director Barbara Trionfi, Caruana Galizia, […]

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IPI welcomes Turkish court ruling freeing Cumhuriyet journalists

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, welcomes the decision of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Cassation to toss out a lower court ruling and free five former journalists of the newspaper Cumhuriyet who were imprisoned on terrorism-related charges. The ruling also vacated the conviction of […]

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Press freedom in Turkey remains in crisis, mission concludes

International press freedom groups reported today that press freedom and the rule of law in Turkey remain in crisis despite grounds for very cautious optimism, such as yesterday’s ruling releasing several former Cumhuriyet journalists. Over three days this week, the international press freedom delegation held meetings with journalists, civil society, the judiciary and the authorities […]

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IPI leitet internationale Mission zur Pressefreiheit in der Türkei

Read in English Das International Press Institute (IPI), ein globales Netzwerk von Redakteuren, Medienvertretern und führenden Journalisten, hat heute eine gemeinsame internationale Mission zur Pressefreiheit in der Türkei gestartet, die vom 11 bis 13 September in Istanbul und Ankara stattfindet. Die internationale Delegation besteht aus acht weltweit führenden Gruppen für Pressefreiheit und freie Meinungsäußerung, darunter […]

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