The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the sentencing of the gunman who admitted to murdering Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, to 23 years in prison. Former solider Miroslav Marček plead guilty in court in January, testifying that he shot Kuciak on February 21, 2018 at the home he and Kušnírová […]

Read this in English حثّ المعهد الدولي للصحافة، وهو شبكة عالمية معنية بحقوق الصحفيين ومكونة من كبار الصحفيين والمحررين ومديري الصحف والقنوات الإعلامية حول العالم ومقرها الرئيسي في فيينا اليوم، حكومات الدول حول العالم على الاعتراف بالدور المهم للصحافة المستقلة في ظل تفشي فيروس كورونا ومنع اتخاذ الإجراءات الطارئة لمحاربة المرض كوسيلة لمراقبة الصحافة الإلكترونية […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom today criticized the arrest of three journalists in Serbia in the space of a week and called on authorities to ensure the COVID-19 pandemic does not hamper the ability of the media to report freely. On April […]

In a short space of time, the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped much of the world and posed unprecedented new challenges to journalists and media outlets alike. In many autocratic countries with already poor records on press freedom, governments have abused emergency measures to crack down further on independent media and tighten control over information. In […]