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Serbia: Worrying spike in severity of threats agaisnt journalists

In the past month in Serbia, several journalists have been targeted by serious threats raising fears for their physical safety. The International Press Institute (IPI) joins the Media Freedom Rapid Response partners and the Safe Journalists Network in condemning in the strongest terms the intimidation and often orchestrated campaigns by pro-government media outlets and members of […]

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Ethiopia: Internet shutdowns in Tigray persist as Ethiopia hosts UN internet meeting

As a U.N. meeting on internet freedom convenes this week in Ethiopia, the IPI global network urges Ethiopian authorities to immediately restore internet and telecommunications services to more than six million people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, which has been deprived of these critical communications services since the outbreak of the conflict in this region […]

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IPI Dec. 10 Campaign in Turkey: If there is no press freedom, there is no democracy

The International Press Institute (IPI) and IPI’s Turkey National Committee mark Human Rights Day on December 10 with an annual campaign in Turkey highlighting the stifled media environment and continued attacks on press freedom. This year, IPI collaborated with two of Turkey’s last remaining critical satire magazines, LeMan and Bayan Yanı, to create cover pages […]

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Daily Star | Choking the lifeblood of democracy

This article is published in collaboration with the Daily Star in Bangladesh, as part of a content series supported by the IPI South Asia cross-border journalism project, which aims to support press freedom and promote the safety of journalists in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Nepal. “The only security of all is in a free press,” Thomas Jefferson, famous […]

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