This week marks one year since the election in which the Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán swept to another landslide victory in Hungary, securing a third consecutive term in office. The 12 months since then have been marked by a period of relative quiet in terms of major new threats to media freedom. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) calls on the relevant authorities in Kenya to ensure that all forms of press freedom violations that have occurred in the context of the ongoing protests are duly investigated and that all perpetrators of violence towards journalists are held accountable. The government must protect media freedom and the public’s right […]

The IPI global network strongly condemns the recent spate of violence against journalists in Kenya after more than 20 journalists were assaulted by security forces and opposition party supporters while covering anti-government protests in Nairobi and other parts of the country.  Civil society groups had also raised alarm over reports that the Kenyan government might […]

One year ago, as Russian forces retreated from the outskirts of Kyiv in the first days of April, the world was shocked by the emerging images and testimonies of the atrocities suffered by the local civilian population during the month-long occupation of the region. In a few days, Bucha, the largest town in Kyiv’s immediate […]