Tanzania has taken another step towards stifling press freedom in the country by banning the use of foreign content by the national media. In a bizarre move, the Tanzanian government announced on August 10 that local media would not be allowed to use content produced by foreign media organizations, according to news reports and Tanzanian […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today called on authorities in Belarus to stop all attacks on journalists covering protests across the country following a disputed presidential election on August 9. Protesters took to the streets in nine cities across the country after […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the decision by Sudan’s Empowerment Removal Committee (ERC) to forcibly close Taiba radio and TV channel on August 6, resulting in this dismissal of 105 journalists and media workers. “The government of Sudan is suppressing […]

Read this in English. Dieser Artikel ist Teil von IPIs-Artikelserie „Medienfreiheit in Europa im Schatten von Covid.“ Die unabhängigen ungarischen Medien, die bereits wegen der weltweiten Coronavirus-Pandemie in Schwierigkeiten sind, haben ihren bislang größten Schlag erlitten, in einem Jahrzehnt, geprägt von ständigen Angriffen seitens des autoritären rechten Regimes Viktor Orbáns. In der letzten Juliwoche trat […]