Read in English Das Thema der neuen Regeln für den privaten Medienbesitz ist in Polen erneut auf der politische Tagesordnung vorzufinden und hat im In- und Ausland erneut Besorgnis darüber geweckt, dass die regierende Partei Recht und Gerechtigkeit (PiS), die kurz nach dem Wahlsieg 2015 die Kontrolle über den öffentlich-rechtlichen Fernseh- und Radiosender übernommen hat, […]

By IPI Advocacy Officer Jamie Wiseman Few terms have become so engrained in global political discourse in the last half decade than that of so-called “fake news.” The widely used yet ill-defined phrase has become a messy shorthand enveloping everything from social media rumours, to online political disinformation, to state-sponsored internet propaganda. With vastly different […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today expressed horror at the fatal self-immolation of a Russian journalist protesting police pressure and demanded an immediate investigation into the circumstances that led to her death. Irina Slavina, the founder and editor-in-chief of small local news […]

Versión en español The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the decision by Mexico’s Budget and Public Account Commission to abolish a fund that supports a protection mechanisms for threatened journalists and human rights defenders. n September 29, Mexico’s Budget and Public […]