LATEST NEWS

Latest News and Monitoring from Media Freedom Rapid Response

Nobel panel: Promoting press freedom through community support and international solidarity

As part of the Norwegian Press House’s Nobel Week programme, IPI’s Norwegian National Committee invited IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi and Nadezhda Azhgikhina, the director of PEN Moscow and an IPI member, to join a conversation with Barents Press chairman Amund Trellevik on promoting press freedom worldwide. “It was one of the happiest days of […]

Read More

Rwandan media: The offender and victim of the genocide

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide, which killed nearly one-in-seven people in the small African nation. Today, there is continuing debate about the role of the news media in the calamity – from the role local broadcasters and newspapers played in fuelling ethnic hatred, to concerns that the […]

Read More

Flashback: Why reporters join the fight

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide, which killed nearly one-in-seven people in the small African nation. Today, there is continuing debate about the role of the news media in the calamity – from the role local broadcasters and newspapers played in fuelling ethnic hatred, to concerns that the […]

Read More

For Rwanda’s media, the state plays a dominant role

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide, which killed nearly one-in-seven people in the small African nation. Today, there is continuing debate about the role of the news media in the calamity – from the role local broadcasters and newspapers played in fuelling ethnic hatred, to concerns that the shallowness […]

Read More