Faktograf, a Croatian fact-checking outlet, releases the final analysis of a pioneering survey on the impact of online harassment against fact-checkers in Europe. The survey is a part of the International Press Institute (IPI)-led Decoding the Disinformation Playbook project, in partnership with Faktograf and German daily TAZ. The preliminary results published last April 2 […]

The recent ruling to close ‘Azattyk Media’, which can still be appealed in court, reflects a growing pattern in Kyrgyzstan to draft and arbitrarily implement controversial and ambiguous laws that could be misused to target people and institutions exercising their rights to free expression and information. Dear President Sadyr Japarov, We, the undersigned civil society […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) global network is alarmed by the repressive arrest of retired journalist Iryna Levchenko in Melitopol, a city in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, occupied by Russian forces since March 2022. According to relatives in touch with the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), Levchenko went missing around May 6 along with […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the undersigned members of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today welcome the decision of the Slovenian Constitutional Court to approve the passing of amendments to the law on Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV SLO) and give our support to current efforts to depoliticise the public broadcaster. Our organisations believe this […]