The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, journalists and media executives, today welcomed the decision by the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, to rescind a policy issued by India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting that would have deprived journalists of government accreditation for publishing what it termed “fake news”. The Information […]

On April 8, Hungarians will head to the polls in parliamentary elections touted as a matter of life and death by almost all of the country’s political actors. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his governing Fidesz party claim there is no less at stake than the future of Christian Europe, while many in the opposition […]

The undersigned international press freedom groups call on Turkish authorities to immediately release the 12 printworkers and staff arrested on March 28 at the premises and print works of the newspaper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi and the further 15 staff taken into custody after home raids on the morning of March 29, 2018. Authorities must also restore […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today reiterated its call on Myanmar to free two Reuters journalists who have been now held for more than 100 days on spurious accusations of violating the country’s official secrets law. Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were arrested in Yangon on December 13, 2017, by local security […]