On March 3, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich was sentenced to prison in Belarus for three protest marches. IPI strongly condemns his unwarranted sentence.   Hruzdzilovich was first detained in July 2021 for 10 days during a raid of the RFE/RL office in Minsk. He was arrested again on December 23, 2021. […]

In response to the EU’s decision to ban the broadcasting of Russian state media RT and Sputnik, the International Press Institute (IPI) has issued the following statement: There is no doubt about the need to address the spread of disinformation and propaganda, especially in light of Russia’s appalling invasion of Ukraine. It is also clear […]

This piece is published in collaboration with Gazeta Wyborcza as part of a content series on threats to independent media in Central Europe. Read more. The article is available in Polish on Gazeta Wyborcza’s website. Polish TV channel TVN 7 waited for its license for over a year before it was eventually granted, even though the process should only […]

When Russian tanks rolled over the border into Ukraine on February 24, the Kyiv Independent had been operating for just over three months. After the entire editorial staff were fired by owner of the Kyiv Post in early November 2021 over concerns about the newspaper’s editorial independence, 30 former journalists and editors regrouped and within […]