The International Press Institute (IPI) today publishes a letter sent by the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) to ministers in the Greek government and the chief of Hellenic police which urged them to ensure a swift and thorough investigation into the murder of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz. ———————— To: Minister for Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrisochoidis Minister of […]

The International Press Institute today joins the Media Freedom Rapid Response in expressing horror at the fatal shooting of Greek crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz outside his house in Athens this afternoon and urging investigators to immediately establish whether the killing was related to his journalistic work. According to reports, the veteran crime reporter was gunned […]

When Hazel Sheffield, a British freelance investigative journalist, heard that swathes of Estonian forests were being felled to feed Western Europe’s growing appetite for renewable energy, she was hooked. “It was instantly kind of weird and interesting,” she recalled. Sheffield was referring to western Europe’s booming biomass industry, which delivers a steady supply of wood […]

On March 2, 2021, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced a 128-page “Human Rights Action Plan” (İnsan Hakları Eylem Planı in Turkish) consisting of nine primary objectives and 50 goals based on 11 basic principles and 393 action points to improve the implementation and protection of human rights in Turkey. The plan is to be implemented over a […]