The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined other international free expression organisations in a demonstration outside an Istanbul courthouse prior to the start of the trial against 17 journalists from Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper. In an address at the demonstration, IPI Director of Advocacy and Communications Steven M. Ellis urged authorities to release the journalists and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over the imposition of emergency powers in Zambia and recent comments made by the inspector-general of police that some publications could be closed while the 90-day state of emergency was in place. On July 5, Zambian President Edgar Lungu initiated a “state of threatened public emergency” and […]

Marking the anniversary of the murder of prominent investigative journalist Pavel Sheremet in a car bombing in Ukraine’s capital, the International Press Institute (IPI) today joined international groups in urging the country to carry out a thorough, independent, and effective investigation of the crime. Sheremet, a Belarus-born journalist who had been working in Ukraine for […]

The Polish government’s plans to reform the country’s Supreme Court, which have sparked protests over a perceived erosion of the separation of powers and the rule of law, also have significant potential consequences for media freedom, Polish journalists and media experts say. Last week, Poland’s parliament introduced a series of measures that observers, including the European […]