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Global appeal marks 1000 days behind bars for Nedim Türfent

Over 650 writers, journalists, publishers, artists, and activists are calling for the immediate and unconditional release of news editor, reporter and poet Nedim Türfent. Today marks 1,000 days since he was arrested and sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison on trumped-up terrorism charges following an unfair trial, during which numerous witnesses said […]

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Hungarian investigative journalism gets boost from IJ4EU grants

From Hungarian taxpayers’ money spent on neighbouring countries football clubs to Russian spies operating in Hungary, the inaugural round of the IJ4EU grants, which support cross-border investigative journalism in the EU, funded many Hungarian journalistic projects in 2018. The International Press Institute (IPI) talked to the journalists who did the leg work, and their insights […]

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Cambodia media stranglehold continues despite propaganda

On January 11, over 4,000 people, including hundreds of journalists, gathered in Phnom Penh for a “solidarity dinner” organized by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. It was the third time that the prime minister had hosted this now-annual event intended to strengthen relations between journalists and the government. “The progress of the nation cannot be […]

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IPI condemns detention of journalists in Venezuela

Lea este comunicado en español. The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, today strongly condemned the wave of arrests of journalists in Caracas and urged the Venezuelan authorities to put an end to the censorship and release all journalists immediately. As many as nine journalists, both foreign […]

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