The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today vehemently condemned the Brazilian government’s move to file charges against award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, founder of the news site The Intercept. Prosecutors have charged Greenwald, an American journalist who lives with his family in Brazil, with […]

Ten international and regional press freedom and journalism groups, including the International Press Institute (IPI), today issued a statement welcoming the start of the murder trial against four suspects accused of murdering Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, in Februrary 2018. Read the full statement below. Press freedom groups welcome start of trial […]

Egyptian security forces have raided the headquarters of the Turkish state news agency in Cairo, arresting three Egyptian journalists and one Turkish journalist. The police raid on the Anadolu Agency (AA) offices took place on the evening of Tuesday, January 14. The reason for their arrest is unclear and the location of the four journalists […]

One year after the killing of Ghana journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, expressed deep concern over the lack of progress in the murder investigation. Ahmed Hussein-Suale, an investigative journalist working for the organization Tiger Eye, was shot dead on […]