The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins a civil society and journalists organisations in voicing our concerns about proposals to weaken protections for journalists against spyware surveillance envisioned in the draft European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). IPI joins these groups in jointly calling on the Council of the European Union to reconsider its current position […]

Surveillance technologies of all kinds — from facial recognition cameras to spyware technology — are increasingly being used to target journalists around the world. Speakers at the IPI World Congress panel titled “Journalism and surveillance: A brave new world” explained how these technologies threaten freedom of the press, and how journalists can protect themselves. The COVID-19 […]

The IPI global network is shocked and saddened by the killing of Golam Rabbani Nadim, a local correspondent for Bangla News 24 and Ekattor TV in Jamalpur, Bangladesh. He is the second journalist killed in Bangladesh this year. IPI calls on authorities to launch a swift, independent, and thorough investigation into Nadim’s killing and all […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) joins the undersigned international media freedom and journalist organisations in today expressing alarm over the Kosovo authorities’ unprecedented move to suspend the business certificate of major private television broadcaster, Klan Kosova, and bring criminal charges against its representatives. The actions of the Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade are extremely […]