Authorities in Belarus must immediately release Belsat TV journalist Katsyaryna Andreyeva and camerawoman Darya Chultsova and end the brutal crackdown on media reporting on anti-government protests, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. On Thursday February 18, a judge delivered a guilty verdict against the two media workers and sentenced them to two years of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today strongly condemned Mozambique’s decision to expel British journalist Tom Bowker. Bowker, the editor and co-founder of Zitamar News, was forced to leave Mozambique together with his partner, journalist Leigh Elston, and their two children on February […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today vehemently condemned the arrests of journalists in Myanmar as the country’s military cracks down on growing protests. According to news reports at least five journalists were arrested by security forces in the northern part of the […]

On January 31, Russian freelance photographer Ivan Kleymenov was shot with a taser gun and then severely beaten by police as he was detained while covering a pro-Navalny protest in Moscow. After being taken to the police station, he was then transferred to hospital, where he was diagnosed with multiple hematomas on the head, ankle […]