The International Press Institute (IPI) today calls on the council overseeing the Lithuanian Radio and TV (LRT) to end the current state of uncertainty at the public broadcaster by electing a Director General based on strict principles of professionalism and independence. IPI, the world’s oldest press freedom organization and a global network of leading journalists, […]

October 2 marks the fifth anniversary of the 2018 murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The IPI global network condemns the continued lack of accountability for this brutal crime and renews its call for independent, impartial criminal investigation into the role that […]

Today, on International Day for Universal Access to Information, IPI calls on governments in Africa to meet their obligations to ensure access to information, in accordance with regional instruments such as the Declaration of Principles for Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa and the Model Law for Access to Information in Africa. […]

A new investigation released today exposes some of the disinformation tactics employed by far-right and conspiracy groups in Germany to erode trust in the media.  The investigation, conducted by a group of investigative journalists at the German daily taz, examines the smear campaign and intimidating techniques against local journalist Alexander Roth in Waiblingen, a small […]