Across the Asia-Pacific, we’re seeing in real time the tactics being adopted by populist authoritarian governments to control a news media that they can no longer command. The new strategy: a bullying domination through heavy-handed harassment, raids on pretexts of financial irregularity, attacks on news media credibility, culture war outrage and disinformation to distract and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today vehemently condemned the abduction and apparent detention of BBC Burmese journalist Aung Thura and former Mizzima news reporter Than Htike Aung in Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw. According to media reports, Aung Thura and Than Htike […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined its partners in the MFRR in condemning the recent murder of radio presenter Hazim Özsu in Turkey and calling for a swift and thorough investigation and prosecution that leads to justice. In the evening of March 9, radio presenter Hazım Özsu was killed by a person who came […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives, and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the brutal killing of Pakistani journalist Ajay Laalwani on March 18 in Sindh province and called on the government of Pakistan to bring the killers to justice. According to news reports, Laalwani, a reporter for […]