The government of Tanzania must allow the media to freely to cover the country’s October 28 presidential and national legislative elections, the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom said. Tens of millions of Tanzanians will be voting on October 28 to elect a president […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today reiterated its demand for the release of IPI member and Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein from Egyptian prison. Hussein has spent 1,400 days in the notorious Tora prison as the Egyptian government has repeatedly and illegally […]

Covid-19 changed the world. So it’s only logical that it also had implications on the Austrian media landscape. Many of the implications are not specific to Austria: From March on, a lot of journalists started to work from home. Several newspapers decreased the number of pages, radio shows canceled episodes. Face-to-face interviews became impossible. Reporting […]

The International Press Institute, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today urged the Nigerian government to ensure the security of media outlets and journalists following attacks on offices of five media houses in Lagos. The offices of The Nation, the country’s leading daily; the popular private television channel […]