Two years ago today, veteran Greek crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz was assassinated in Athens. The International Press Institute (IPI) joins the undersigned partners in the Council of Europe’s Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists in honouring his memory. To mark the anniversary, we also renew our call on the Greek authorities […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in denouncing the arson attack on the family car of Italian freelance journalist Rossella Puccio in the city of Palermo and express solidarity with the reporter as police work to identify the perpetrators and their motive. The targeted attack happened […]

IPI monitored the eighth hearing of the trial in which Vedat Arık, Olcay Büyüktaş, Hazal Ocak and İpek Özbey face charges of “identifying state officials on anti-terror duties as targets” and “violation of privacy” that was held in the Istanbul 26th High Criminal Court on April 5, 2023. The evidence for the above charges was […]

This week marks one year since the election in which the Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán swept to another landslide victory in Hungary, securing a third consecutive term in office. The 12 months since then have been marked by a period of relative quiet in terms of major new threats to media freedom. […]