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Africa Media Monitoring December 2023: Threats to press freedom in Mozambique, DRC and Sierra Leone

In December 2023, IPI documented 20 threats to press freedom in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Censorship was the most common category of threats. DRC recorded the highest number of violations. State actors remain the main perpetrators, responsible for 95 percent of the recorded attacks on journalists and media.   In Mozambique, on December 14, […]

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IPI call to action: The international community must act urgently to protect journalists, civilians in Gaza and the region

The IPI global network calls on the international community to take urgent and immediate action to ensure the safety of all journalists in Gaza and the region. We urge all states, including allies of Israel and Media Freedom Coalition members, to use all possible diplomatic means to hold Israel to its obligation to respect the […]

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Albania: SPAK must respect source protection in case of journalist Elton Qyno

Read in Albanian below. Lexoni në shqip më poshtë The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined media freedom partners in the Safe Journalist Network, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in writing to the head of the Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) to raise concerns over the recent […]

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Greece: The erosion of media freedom in the birthplace of democracy

All is not well for press freedom in the birthplace of democracy. Over the last few years, media freedom in Greece has undergone a clear erosion, seeing the Mediterranean country tumble down press freedom rankings to the lowest in the European Union, setting alarm bells ringing in Brussels and beyond. During this time, the country […]

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