The IPI global network today called on Egyptian authorities to immediately release Al Jazeera journalist Rabie Al-Sheikh. According to media reports, Al-Sheikh, a producer for Al Jazeera Mubasher channel, was detained at Cairo International Airport on August 1, soon after he arrived from Doha to visit his family. Al-Sheikh has been placed in pre-trial detention […]

We the undersigned organisations welcome the conclusions and recommendations of the milestone Public Inquiry into the assassination of Malta’s leading investigative journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia. Now is the moment for the Maltese authorities to consider and accept the Board’s detailed recommendations and to publish a plan of action on how they will be implemented in […]

The IPI global network today condemned the physical assaults against several journalists in Istanbul covering protests against the murder of a Kurdish family. IPI calls on the Turkish authorities to hold those responsible to account and ensure journalist safety. Konya Katliamı’nın protesto edildiği eylem sonrası, Kasımpaşa/Yakupağa Sokağı’nda eylemcilere ve gazetecilere faşistler sopalarla saldırdıhttps://t.co/nWLTwlohBS pic.twitter.com/Kn8eQsS5cU — […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the latest wave of state pressure on investigative journalism in Russia ahead of parliamentary elections and expressed grave concern about the weaponization of the country’s “foreign agent” law against critical media. On July 28, police […]