Just over a year ago, Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered in a car bombing outside her home. But the murder did not stop coverage of issues Caruana Galizia had been examining, including corruption, oil smuggling and money laundering in Malta. Instead, it gave rise to the Daphne Project, which brings together journalists […]

Turkish-Kurdish photojournalist Nedim Türfent has spent two years in solitary confinement. His crime? Journalism. Meltem Akyol, an editor with Turkey’s independent Evrensel newspaper, reports for the International Press Institute (IPI).

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned a criminal investigation against the Kazakh investigative news site Ratel.kz and the magazine Forbes Kazakhstan for allegedly spreading “false information”. In addition, IPI urged Kazakhstan to stop the blocking of Ratel.kz and its social media channels. On April 2, 2018, police raided the offices of Forbes Kazakhstan and […]

When Jaroslav Rezník took over as general director of Radio Television Slovakia (RTVS) in August 2017 there was ample reason for concern. His turn-of-the-century experience leading Slovak Radio under semi-authoritarian strongman Vladimír Mečiar, and his more recent decision to forge an alliance with Russian propaganda outlet Sputnik while he led the state-owned TASR newswire, were […]