The undersigned international media freedom organisations today express growing concern over the challenges that media outlets in Malta face in accessing public information through the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. The unprecedented appeals by some 30 government ministries and entities against a decision by the Information and Data Protection Commissioner which ordered the disclosure of […]

The IPI global network condemned today a ruling by an appeals court in Turkey upholding sentences against five journalists who allegedly “revealed” the name of a Turkish national intelligence (MIT) officer after reporting on his funeral. In September 2020, the five journalists were sentenced to various prison terms by a local court. Ferhat Çelik; Aydın […]

This piece is published in collaboration with Gazeta Wyborcza as part of a content series on threats to independent media in Central Europe. Read more. The article is available in Polish on Gazeta Wyborcza’s website. In Poland, the media landscape is made up of the following: outlets controlled or heavily influenced by the government and […]

The IPI global network calls on Somalia authorities to increase the protection of journalists following recent incidents of arrests and harassment by police. IPI strongly condemns authorities’ actions of raiding newsrooms and detaining journalists. On January 30, armed police raided Sooyaal TV and Radio, a local media station in Abudwak town, and beat and detained […]