In August 2023, IPI recorded 69 threats to press freedom in 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Nearly one-third of these occurred in Zimbabwe (17) and Gabon (5), where elections took place last month. In Gabon, the military seized power shortly after the vote. Overall, the highest number of incidents occurred in Nigeria, with 18. Multiple […]

We, the undersigned journalists, press freedom organizations, and unions, write this statement to denounce the war crimes committed by the Russian Federation against journalists in Ukraine and to call for immediate action to hold the perpetrators accountable. Deliberately targeting journalists, shelling their facilities, and engaging in arbitrary detentions and torture clearly violate international humanitarian law […]

Following the coup d’état on August 30 in Gabon, the IPI global network calls on the military authorities to respect press freedom and allow the media and journalists access to sources of information and to work without fear and intimidation. Ahead of the controversial general elections that led to the military coup d’état, IPI had […]

The IPI global network strongly condemns Russia’s designation of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov, the long-time editor of renowned Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta as a ‘foreign agent’. Late on Friday evening, Russia’s Ministry of Justice published its weekly update of the long list of journalists, activists, and other public personalities who have been […]