The international community must hold Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman accountable for the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today after the U.S. government released an intelligence report linking the crown prince to the killing. According to the previously classified report, U.S. intelligence officials concluded that bin Salman approved […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) was today joined by 15 other media freedom groups and associations in again urging the EU’s Competition Commissioner to swiftly address concerns over media market distortions in Hungary. The groups note the continuing deterioration of media pluralism in Central Europe and renew their call to the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager […]

Controversial plans floated by the governing Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) that would impose tough criminal penalties on journalists for quoting from leaked documents should be scrapped immediately, the Vienna-based International Press institute (IPI) said today. IPI, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, said that if passed, the new […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the first conviction for the 2017 murder of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia as an important step forward in the path to full justice for her assassination. IPI, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, also welcomed the indictment of two […]