The International Press Institute (IPI) monitored the sixth hearing in the trial of journalists Can Bursalı, Barış Terkoğlu, Barış Pehlivan and Editor-in-Chief of Independent Turkish, Nevzat Çiçek. They are charged with “insult” and “calumny” following a complaint from President Erdoğan’s former lawyer, Mustafa Doğan İnal. The hearing was held on May 11, 2023 at the […]

A year ago today, veteran Palestinian-American journalist and IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, sending shock waves through the journalism and human rights communities around the world. To date, there has been no accountability for this egregious crime. On the one-year anniversary of this killing, […]

IPI and its global network are deeply saddened by the killing of Arman Soldin, a video reporter and correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Ukraine. The tragic killing comes just two weeks after the death of Ukrainian journalist Bohdan Bitik, who worked as a fixer for Italian newspaper La Repubblica. The rocket attack took place […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today published the new report ‘Media Capture in Slovakia: A story of fragile pluralism, media resilience and the struggle against corruption’.  The report, authored by Peter Hanák, explores the extent of media capture in Slovakia. Overall, the report finds that media pluralism remains relatively strong compared with Slovakia’s neighbours in […]