The International Press Institute (IPI) today sent a letter to the European Council President Charles Michel ahead of the European Council meeting on March 25 and 26 where EU-Turkey relations will be discussed. The letter calls on Michel and the European Council to insist on an improved human rights record in Turkey, especially in press freedom […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined 23 organisations from across Europe in expressing solidarity with Swedish media Realtid ahead of a court hearing in London tomorrow which will rule on whether a civil defamation SLAPP lawsuit brought against it by a businessman can go ahead in the UK.   23 March 2021 Twenty-four organisations express their solidarity […]

Across the Asia-Pacific, we’re seeing in real time the tactics being adopted by populist authoritarian governments to control a news media that they can no longer command. The new strategy: a bullying domination through heavy-handed harassment, raids on pretexts of financial irregularity, attacks on news media credibility, culture war outrage and disinformation to distract and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today vehemently condemned the abduction and apparent detention of BBC Burmese journalist Aung Thura and former Mizzima news reporter Than Htike Aung in Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw. According to media reports, Aung Thura and Than Htike […]