The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today expressed fear that a new national security law proposed by China will stifle press freedom and cripple independent media in Hong Kong. China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), currently meeting in Beijing, is expected to pass the […]

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners, press freedom and freedom of expression organisations, journalists’ organisations, journalists and media workers condemn threats against journalists in Northern Ireland.  We, the undersigned, condemn the threats made by the South East Antrim Ulster Defence Association (UDA) against journalists at the Sunday Life and Sunday World in Northern Ireland. Early […]

Press freedom in Central Europe is under renewed threat. Yet there are no systematic arrests of journalists as in Belarus or Turkey. Less of the blatant acts of censorship common in Russia. Few of the gruesome killings of reporters that are common in autocratic countries around the world. For illiberal governments bound by the democratic […]

Tensions are running high in Burundi as citizens head to vote in presidential elections. In the run-up to the vote, members of the governing CNDD-FDD party have attacked critical media and the opposition, and a ruthless militia has expanded its power. The Arusha Accords, which were signed in 2000 to end the country’s seven-year-long civil […]