At first glance, it looks to be a battle between David and Goliath: Greek political cartoonist Andreas Petroulakis against the country’s powerful defence minister and leader of the right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) party, Panos Kammenos. “For me it certainly feels like it,” Petroulakis, who is the defendant in a €1 million libel suit brought by […]

SEND A LETTER OF HOPE IPI invites colleagues to send a letter of support to the imprisoned journalists. These letters are intended to bring hope to all imprisoned journalists, and to remind them that the commitment of IPI as well as other international organisations to fight for their freedom will remain undeterred. These letters will not only […]

“To our followers: The Népszabadság newsroom learned at the same time as the public that the paper was suspended with immediate effect. Our first thought is that it is a coup. We will get back to you soon.” With that short status update on the Facebook page of its web edition (nol.hu), Hungary’s biggest opposition […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called a court’s decision to imprison nine journalists from Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper including IPI Executive Board Member Kadri Gürsel an attack on Turkish democracy and the basic values of free society. Authorities had placed the journalists in police detention on Oct. 31 as part of a mass operation against […]