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Groups urge U.S. to protect press freedom after order to gut USAGM

The International Press Institute (IPI) joined a coalition of NGOs and umbrella organizations calling on the U.S. government to affirm its support for free and independent media following the Trump administration’s move to effectively dismantle Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Read the full joint statement below. We, the undersigned, reaffirm […]

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Romania: Answers needed over surveillance of investigative journalist

The International Press Institute (IPI) is today joined by the undersigned international media freedom organisations today raise concerns over recent revelations about the physical surveillance and wiretapping of an investigative journalist by a local branch of the Romanian National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) and call for an investigation into this and previous cases of surveillance on […]

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Hungary: IPI warns of fresh crackdown on independent media

The International Press Institute (IPI) today warns of a looming crackdown by the Hungarian government on independent media in the country, in the wake of recent incendiary comments by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in which he vowed to eliminate all media outlets and other organisations that have received foreign funding. In recent weeks, Orbán and […]

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Romania: Surveillance warrants targeting journalists are dangerous for democracy

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins journalist and civil society organisations in writing to state and judicial authorities in Romania to raise concerns over the recent revelations about the surveillance of a journalist by a local office of the country’s National Anticorruption Directorate in 2023. IPI joins widespread criticism of the recently revealed wiretap […]

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