Over the past week, two independent media outlets in Hong Kong were shut down after 200 policemen raided the office of Stand News and arrested seven senior editors. The IPI global network condemns Hong Kong’s continued, outrageous assault on press freedom at the direction of Beijing. In the early morning of December 29, some 200 […]

Seymour Topping, a long-time International Press Institute (IPI) member and former senior New York Times editor, passed away on November 8. He was 98. Topping, whose illustrious career included covering the 1949 civil war in China and interviewing numerous world leaders, had suffered a stroke in October. “Seymour Topping was ever hardworking, meticulous, thorough, kind […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned police violence against photojournalists reporting on clashes in the Polish capital Warsaw. The violence led to numerous injuries and the hospitalization of a 74-year-old photographer who was shot in the face with a rubber bullet. IPI, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the arrests of six journalists by Ethiopian police for their reporting about the ongoing conflict in the country. Haftu Gebregzhiabher, Tsegaye Hadush, Abreha Hagos, Udi Mussa, Medihane Ekubamichael and Bekalu Alamirew were arrested by the […]