The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined the partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) coalition in expressing serious concern over proposed amendments to laws governing public service media in Slovenia. In a letter to Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša and Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti, the MFRR partners said the package of three media […]

Prominent Al Jazeera news anchor Ghada Oueiss and her colleague Ola Fares have been targeted in what researchers say is a “systemic” online harassment campaign by Saudi Arabian social media accounts. While Oueiss had been viciously harassed online in the past, the two women were most recently subject to an avalanche of online attacks in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined a letter from the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) to the Greek government calling for greater transparency and objectivity in the distribution of public advertisement funds to media. A recent analysis has shown that ad revenue from a public health advertising campaign related to Covid-19 was not distributed […]

Egyptian journalist Mohamed Mounir has died after contracting Covid-19 while in pre-trial detention in Cairo’s notorious Tora prison. Mounir’s death on July 13 comes after the International Press Institute (IPI) repeatedly called on Egypt to free all jailed journalists due to the serious health risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Mohamed Mounir died ten days […]