The International Press Institute (IPI) joins calls on the British home secretary, Priti Patel, to block the extradition of Julian Assange after a judge approved his extradition on April 19. The decision of the court was inevitable after the UK Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal against his extradition in March. Assange has been […]

The IPI global network calls for an impartial and swift investigation into the killing of journalist Mohiuddin Sarkar Nayeem, who was shot and killed near the Bangladesh-India border by alleged drug traffickers on April 13. Multiple suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing. We urge authorities to carry out a thorough investigation in order […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and other European and international press freedom and journalists’ organisations today wrote to Greek government and EU officials regarding the alarming cases of surveillance against Greek financial journalist Thanasis Koukakis.   Dear Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece Panagiotis Pikramenos, Deputy Prime Minister, Takis Theodorikakos, Minister of Civilian Protection, Konstantinos […]

This piece is published in collaboration with HVG as part of a content series on threats to independent media in Central Europe. Read more. The article is available in Hungarian on HVG’s website. While subscribers to government-controlled county newspapers are rapidly turning away from them, even after decades of readership, Hungary’s pro-government media giant Mediaworks is spreading free […]