The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned Algeria’s decision to cancel the operating licence of France 24 and urged the government to immediately re-grant the license. IPI also denounced the recent arbitrary detention of independent Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni and Ihsane El-Kadi, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, today called on the Indian government to quickly investigate the sudden death of journalist Sulabh Srivastava. The ABP TV reporter was found dead under suspicious circumstances on June 13 in Pratapgragh district of the northern Indian state of […]

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today said that allowing the acquisition of regional newspaper publisher Polska Press by Poland’s state-controlled oil giant PKN Orlen to go forward would violate both EU and Polish merger rules and undermine media pluralism. The MFRR supports legal arguments to this effect made by consortium member ARTICLE 19, which […]

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) has published an open letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, urging him to address the deteriorating state of media freedom in Hungary and Poland as he meets with EU and NATO partners this week. Read the full letter below. Dear President Biden, On the occasion of your visit to […]