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IPI launches secure, anonymous contact platform

The International Press Institute (IPI) today launched a new secure contact form based on open-source GlobaLeaks whistleblowing technology that will allow journalists and others to contact the organisation securely and anonymously. While contacting IPI through ordinary methods such as phone and email remains possible, the secure form offers journalists and others the possibility to report […]

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Poland defence minister urged to drop case over book

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined nine other international free expression groups and professional organisations in an open letter to Poland’s defence minister urging him to withdraw his criminal complaint against a journalist whose new book exposed the minister’s associates’ alleged network of questionable Russian contacts. The other groups include Reporters Without Borders (RSF), […]

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Q&A: Russia’s ‘repressive tolerance’ for media

Malcolm Dixelius is a former Moscow correspondent for the Swedish public broadcaster SVT and respected expert on Russia-related topics. Dixelius was first stationed in Moscow in 1979, where he remained for five years before taking up a role as an international reporter for SVT. He returned in 1990 and would later cover the breakup of […]

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Despite Danish repeal, blasphemy laws still common in Europe

In voting last month to repeal their country’s centuries-old blasphemy law, Danish lawmakers joined a growing trend in Europe toward securing free speech on matters related to religion. A comprehensive IPI study on criminal defamation and insult laws published in March by the Representative on Freedom of the Media of the Organization for Security and […]

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