The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has joined an international coalition of 72 press freedom and journalism organizations and industry groups in calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to protect press freedom and journalist safety amid unprecedented attacks on reporters covering ongoing protests […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today joined calls for the Special Prosecutor’s Office in Serbia to take over the investigation into the murder of journalist Milan Pantić. Pantić, a correspondent at the daily newspaper Vecernje Novosti, was killed with a blunt object […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today strongly condemned the physical attack and death threats against journalist Sinan Gluhić in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On June 5 Gluhić, who works for Bosnian language public television station RTV Zenica, was allegedly assaulted by a member […]

The organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) welcome the decision by the Italian Constitutional Court to refer a decision on whether to abolish prison sentences for criminal defamation in relation to journalists and media workers to the Italian Parliament. On 9 June 2020, the Court held a long-awaited public hearing into the constitutional […]