The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, condemns the opening of a criminal investigation against Bulgarian journalists Atanas Tchobanov and Assen Yordanov. Tchobanov and Yordanov, who work for the independent news website Bivol, received phone calls from police on June 10 alerting them that an investigation was […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executive and leading journalists, has urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe to raise the issue of press freedom and attacks on journalists during the upcoming G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. “Japan is taking over the Presidency of the G20 at a critical juncture where strong […]

Almost a month after Italian journalist Stefano Origone was brutally beaten by police in Genoa, investigations into the incident appear to be stalling, while information about it remains classified. Origone, a Genoa-based journalist with the daily La Repubblica, was covering an antifascist protest on May 23 when half a dozen policemen rushed toward him, pushed […]

Press freedom in Albania is “deteriorating”, a coalition of press freedom organizations including the International Press Institute (IPI) said today following a three-day mission to the southeastern European country. In its preliminary findings, the coalition highlighted numerous challenges to independent journalism in Albania, including unresolved physical attacks against journalists, smear campaigns targeting the critical press […]