The IPI global network calls on authorities in Cameroon to conduct a thorough, independent investigation against the assault, on May 18, on sports journalist Eyong Macdella Bessong from the pan-African sports online media platform Kick442. The government must ensure the safety and security of journalists. The attack on Bessong occurred at Molyko Omnisport stadium in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed dismay over the decision by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to approve the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces prosecution under the U.S. Espionage Act. Assange, who has been held within the UK’s high-security Belmarsh prison since 2019, now has two […]

IPI’s media partners in the South Asia Cross-border journalism project in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Nepal document press freedom violations in their countries. Imagine the Indian Penal Code as a rambling, ramshackle bazaar. Rambling, because its 23 chapters and 511 sections supply numerous legal provisions that the police and the courts would want to maintain […]

The IPI global network condemns the Russian government’s travel ban on 29 members of the British press, including reporters from The Guardian, Independent, and the BBC.  The journalists were included on a wider list of 49 UK citizens that Russian authorities have banned from entering the country. Russian authorities have framed the move as a […]