The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives, and journalists for press freedom, condemns the arrest of journalist Ivan Golunov, who is a correspondent for the Russian-language online publication Meduza. On June 6, Golunov was detained on the street in central Moscow by plainclothes police officers for alleged drug violations. He […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has condemned this week’s raids on the house of News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst and the headquarters of ABC Sydney. On Tuesday morning, Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers arrived at the home of Smethurst with a search […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) mourns the death of Peter Preston, the long-time editor of Britain’s the Guardian newspaper and former IPI chair known for his staunch defence of press freedom. A leading figure of British journalism, Preston joined the Guardian in 1963 and assumed the paper’s top position in 1975 at the age of […]

Pakistani journalist Cyril Almeida received the 2019 International Press Institute (IPI) World Press Freedom Hero award at a special ceremony as part of the 2019 IPI World Congress in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 5. At the same ceremony, the 2019 Free Media Pioneer award was conferred on Egyptian news site Mada Masr. Both awards are […]