The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined nine other media freedom groups in writing to the Serbian president and prime minister to express serious concerns over the lack of a resolute government response to the dangerous smear campaign against independent news outlet KRIK. The muted response from government leaders was the main catalyst for four […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today welcomed the release of Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw by a Myanmar court. Thein Zaw, who was arrested on February 27 in Yangon and charged with breaching public order was released today following his second court […]

The partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today strongly condemn the civil defamation lawsuit launched against the editor-in-chief of Poland’s biggest daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza by the serving Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro. Our organisations consider this to be yet another example of the Justice Ministry’s use of lawsuits as a tool for pressuring […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the recent physical attack which injured Montenegrin journalist Sead Sadiković and called on authorities to ensure that those responsible are prosecuted. During the attack on March 20, the well-known journalist for Vijesti Television was threatened […]