Thousands of Georgians this week have taken to the streets to protest a controversial proposed “foreign agent” law. The bill was passed on Tuesday in a first hearing with 76 MPs of the ruling Georgian Dream party voting in favor. Following the vote, police used water cannons, tear gas and what appeared to be pepper […]

On March 1, IPI launched a full-page ad in The Washington Post calling for solidarity with Ukraine’s journalists one year after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. March 1 marks the anniversary of the indiscriminate Russian missile attack on the Kyiv TV tower. The attack killed Yevhenii Sakun, a camera operator for the Ukrainian TV channel […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomes the court decision exonerating two experienced journalists over their reporting on a major judicial investigation into corruption as a vital legal victory for the freedom of the press in Portugal. On February 28, 2023, Carlos Rodrigues Lima, a journalist with Visão, and Henrique Machado, a reporter at TVI […]

While Botswana’s media environment is healthier than in several other countries in southern Africa, key reforms should be introduced to shore up protections for press freedom and to ensure that all media in the country are able to operate free of political and government interference, according to a report released today by the International Press […]