For four months, Belarusians have been peacefully demonstrating for democracy. Meanwhile, the journalists reporting this story have been arrested, fined, beaten, deported or denied accreditation amid the Lukashenko government’s crackdown. The International Press Institute (IPI) today published a full-page print advertisement in The Washington Post calling on the international community to stand up for press […]

As part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the International Press Institute (IPI) and the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) condemn the smear campaign against Croatian journalist Anja Kožul and call for her protection. Kožul works for Novosti, a Croatian and Serbian-language weekly magazine published by the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today kicked off the first of a series of workshops in Kosovo bringing together local journalists and international experts on the frontlines of the fight against fake news and disinformation. Organized in partnership with the Kosovo branch of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), the series promises to help reporters […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today vehemently condemned a second cyber libel case against Maria Ressa and urged that it be dropped immediately. The founder of news portal Rappler.com and a member of IPI’s Executive Board, Ressa was charged with cyber libel […]