In the face of escalating violence towards the press around the world, we must tackle impunity as a root cause, according to panelists at the 2022 IPI World Congress session “Ending impunity for the killing of journalists: Alternative paths to justice?” Moderated by president of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Jodie Ginsberg, the session […]

Each conflict has new challenges and lessons for the media, so what does Russia’s war in Ukraine teach us? Panelists from Georgia, Ukraine, and the U.S. speaking at the 2022 IPI World Congress gave three different points of view on covering Russia’s war in Ukraine: one as a Ukrainian journalist covering the war in her […]

Between May and August 2022, at least 14 journalists were detained or attacked in Guinea, including by security forces and public officials as well as protestors. One year after Guinea’s September 2021 military coup, IPI reminds Guinea’s transitional government authorities that independent media and press freedom are indispensable for a democratic transition. We call on […]

IPI today joined the undersigned media freedom organisations and journalist unions and associations in expressing concern about the defamation lawsuit filed against journalist Isa Myzyraj, who works for Ora News, by Elizabeta Imeraj. Formerly Tirana’s top prosecutor, Imeraj was fired in April 2022 as part of the justice reform process for causing a loss of trust in […]