The International Press Institute (IPI) continues to urge the U.S. government to drop its prosecution of Julian Assange under the Espionage Act, which poses a serious risk to press freedom and the right to information. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is inching closer to being extradited to the United States to face espionage charges after the […]

The undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today call on the Member States of the European Union to set a global example of support for media freedom in crisis by extending emergency shelter and visa waivers to Russian journalists fleeing the country, as well as Belarusian journalists seeking refuge from war and […]

Read in English Das International Press Institute (IPI) betrauert heute den tragischen Verlust von zwei weiteren Journalisten, die dazu beigetragen haben, den Krieg in der Ukraine zu dokumentieren, und erneuert seinen Aufruf an die Streitkräfte, alle möglichen Schritte zu unternehmen, um die Sicherheit aller journalistischen Crews zu gewährleisten, die vor Ort berichten. Am 15. März […]

The IPI global network today expressed horror and sadness at the death of award-winning American filmmaker Brent Renaud in Ukraine and called for justice for his killing and an end to all attacks on press covering the war. Renaud, 51, was killed when the car he and another journalist were travelling in near Irpin outside […]