An Austrian investigative news platform that documented poor conditions in asylum-seeker housing across Austria was ordered Monday to pay nearly €2,000 for trespassing after the landlord of one of the housing sites brought suit. A regional court in the eastern Austrian state of Burgenland confirmed a lower court’s ruling that the platform, Dossier, had violated […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) today expressed solidarity with two foreign photojournalists physically assaulted on the Greek island of Lesbos while attempting to cover the ongoing refugee crisis. According to local media reports, AFP photographer Aris Messinis and American freelancer Nicole Tung were ordered by a volunteer […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over the potential chilling effect of a controversial social media bill in Nigeria, urging lawmakers not to approve the measure and welcoming President Muhammadu Buhari’s pledge to veto it if passed. The “Frivolous Petitions Bill” has drawn controversy for a provision stipulating that anyone who posts an […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed disappointment over the decision of the Hungarian Parliament’s Justice Committee not to approve a bill that would have repealed criminal defamation and established safeguards against the abuse of civil defamation law. Last month, IPI joined 29 other international press freedom and freedom of expression organisations in writing to the […]