The EU must end gag lawsuits used to silence individuals and organisations that hold those in positions of power to account. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) are lawsuits brought forward by powerful actors (e.g. companies, public officials in their private capacity, high profile persons) to harass and silence those speaking out in the public […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom and the European Federation of Journalists in condemning the arson attack against James Cruickshank, the publisher of the Glasgow crime weekly The Digger. As part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), the organisations also denounced attempts to intimidate stockists across the Scottish capital […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) was today joined by the partner organisation of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in sending an open letter to the government of the Czech Republic raising concerns about its side-lining of critical media during press conferences. ———————————– Dear Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Jan Blatný, Minister […]

Over the past week, two independent media outlets in Hong Kong were shut down after 200 policemen raided the office of Stand News and arrested seven senior editors. The IPI global network condemns Hong Kong’s continued, outrageous assault on press freedom at the direction of Beijing. In the early morning of December 29, some 200 […]