If you you’re looking for information from the government, Austria is not the best place in the world to go. The country traditionally has a weak implementation of freedom of information. The new government coalition between the centre-right Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and the Green party under ÖVP Chancellor Sebastian Kurz promised to change that. […]

Read in English In Spanien, inmitten der COVID-19-Pandemie, beschränken die nationalen und regionalen Regierungen den Zugang der Presse zu Krankenhäusern, Seniorenresidenzen und offiziellen Einrichtungen – einschließlich des Regionalparlaments in Madrid. Journalisten haben den Versuch der Nachrichten- und Bildkontrolle angeprangert, wobei viele befürchten, dass diese exzessiven Praktiken, die während der Monate des Lockdowns eingeführt wurden, bis […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today vehemently criticized the government of the Indian state of Kerala for promulgating an ordinance criminalizing defamation and urged its immediate withdrawal. The Kerala Police Act amendment ordinance, which was approved by the Governor of the Southern […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned police violence against journalists covering the protests in Uganda last week following the arrest of opposition leader Bobi Wine. Bobi Wine, otherwise known as Robert Kyagulanyi, campaigned in east Uganda in the lead up to January presidential elections against incumbent Yoweri Museveni, who has been in office […]