Turkish authorities risk inciting violence against journalists unless they stop verbally attacking those covering last week’s deadly mining disaster in the western town of Soma and call on their supporters to do the same, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Hasnain Kazim, an Istanbul-based correspondent for Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Georgian authorities to fully investigate reports that surreptitious eavesdropping that has plagued the country remains ongoing, and not to target media that brought those claims to light. Prosecutors in Tbilisi last week opened a criminal investigation into the “illegal acquisition and release of private communication” after a May […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on all parties in Ukraine to release detained journalists and to take steps to ensure journalists’ safety in advance of presidential elections scheduled for May 25. “The degree to which pro-Russian separatists have detained and attacked journalists in Ukraine has been shocking, but the pattern of detentions by […]

Nepalnews, which helped set the pace for online news in Nepal, is this year’s recipient of the Courageous Journalism Award given by the International Press Institute’s Nepal Chapter and Freedom Forum. The English-language news portal was honoured on May 2, ahead of World Press Freedom Day, in recognition of its early role in developing the […]