Six years have passed since the brutal murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi national and vocal critic of the Saudi regime. The IPI global network strongly condemns the continued lack of accountability for his heinous murder, and reiterates its call for an independent, impartial criminal investigation into the role that high-level Saudi […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) published the “The Current State of Freedom of Information (FOI) in Turkey: An Effective Tool for Accountability and Transparency (Or Not?)” report that examines how the freedom of information (FOI) is exercised in Turkey. The report provides a detailed analysis of the FOI requests previously made by journalists and civil […]

The IPI global network condemns the cyber attack targeting Ukrainian news website Slidstvo.Info. The attack occurred shortly after the publication of an investigation into premium real estate reportedly owned by Ukraine’s minister of agriculture, Vitaly Koval. On September 23, the website was targeted in a mass cyber attack, the aim of which was likely to […]

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) backs concerns expressed over the editorial independence of Italian public broadcaster RAI. The MFRR further insists that the appointment process of the new leadership must guarantee RAI’s political independence and enforce the highest standards of journalism. On 14 September, Rainews24, the news channel of Italy’s public broadcaster RAI, aired […]