The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, welcomes the decision of Israel’s High Court of Justice ordering the government to provide exemptions for journalists from coronavirus-related mobile phone tracking. The decision was part of a broader ruling by the High Court on April 26 […]

Press freedom in India faces a rapid downward spiral as journalists are being targeted by the government in a bid to control the narrative in the country on the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Press Institute warned in a statement today. The Indian government has resorted to various tactics to prevent independent media from reporting about […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the arrest of two Venezuelan journalists. Arnaldo Sumoza, the director of local TV channel, was detained on April 15 while covering protests over a water shortage in the community El Sombrero in Guárico state. The […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today strongly condemned the arbitrary arrest of Mukhtar Mohamed Atosh, a reporter for the Voice of America and urged the authorities to release him immediately. Atosh was arrested on Monday by the South West State police in […]