The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has joined a coalition of African and international journalism groups in urging the government of Mozambique to withdraw plans to charge foreign correspondents in the country exorbitant accreditation fees. The full statement in English and Portuguese follows. […]

In August, three months after coming to power, the new Pakatan Harapan government in Malaysia repealed the controversial Anti-Fake News Act 2018. This was the first significant step by the ruling party in fulfilling its campaign promise to improve press freedom. A few days earlier, the prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, appointed the former group editor-in-chief […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, today condemned a jail sentence given to two Reuters journalists in Myanmar and demanded their immediate release. A Yangon North district court judge today sentenced the two journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, to seven years in prison for […]

“That day, when I went to the police… It was really important that you were supporting me. You gave me a ride to the police station and also back home”, Finnish journalist Linda Pelkonen told her former editor-in-chief at the daily Uusi Suomi, Markku Huusko. Three years after Pelkonen was targeted by an avalanche of […]