The International Press Institute (IPI) yesterday joined OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović and representatives of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in urging Russian and Ukrainian journalists unions to continue an ongoing dialogue aimed improving journalists’ safety and resolving points of conflict. IPI Executive Director Barbara […]

Investigative journalism could soon become riskier business in Italy, with the country’s Senate set to consider a bill that would increase jail time for defaming public officials. The Senate’s Justice Committee on May 3 unanimously approved a bill to elevate the maximum possible prison term for defamation by up to one-half when the alleged victim […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on authorities in the Philippines to fully investigate the recent murder of a journalist and to take steps to curb a widespread culture of impunity in the country. Crime reporter Alex Balcoba was shot in the head by an unidentified man outside of his family’s business in the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed news that Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova has been ordered freed after spending nearly 18 months behind bars on charges of tax evasion and embezzlement that supporters say were politically motivated. Ismayilova was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison in September, but Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court today reduced that […]