The IPI global network today expresses severe concerns over a move by the Russian State Duma to develop a bill which would see journalists potentially imprisoned for publishing “false information” about the country’s armed forces. Under the bill, the development of which was approved by chairman of the State Duma on February 28, anyone found […]

The IPI global network calls on the Bangladeshi government to drop charges against anti-corruption journalist Rozina Islam ahead of her next court hearing on March 2. IPI also joined other human rights groups in publishing a joint statement expressing concern over Islam’s lack of access to fair legal proceedings since her arrest over nine months ago.  Islam, […]

IPI and other members of the Council of Europe’s Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists today published a joint statement calling for the protection of journalists covering Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and for the provision of urgent and practical assistance to reporters on the ground. Read the full statement below. […]

The IPI global network today urged authorities in Poland to immediately secure the release of Spanish freelance journalist Pablo González and to provide more details on the reason for his arrest. González, a Basque journalist specializing in post-Soviet countries who has been covering the war in Ukraine and the resulting humanitarian crisis from close to […]