The year 2018 was a difficult one for press freedom in Kenya. Physical and verbal attacks against journalists increased. At the end of January, the government temporarily shut down several independent TV stations. Journalists, human rights organizations and the Media Council of Kenya repeatedly expressed their concerns over the deteriorating state of press freedom. One […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, has urged the government of Sudan to immediately release Osman Mirghani, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Al-Tayar, who has been in detention at an undisclosed location since February 22. According to information gathered by IPI, Mirghani was arrested at his office by […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, today condemned Ukraine’s decision to place an entry ban on respected Austrian correspondent Christian Wehrschütz. The Austrian Foreign Ministry said yesterday in a statement that Ukrainian authorities had confirmed the ban. Wehrschütz has regularly reported from Ukraine, including in areas […]

After nine years of relentless attacks by the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s few remaining independent media outlets are increasingly relying on legal challenges to keep their heads above the water. The International Press Institute (IPI) talked to two of the people and organizations mounting these creative legal fightbacks: a Hungarian civil rights […]