In Turkey, words such as “traitor” and “terrorist” appear frequently in violent threats directed against journalists on social media as part of campaigns led by supporters of the country’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) . IPI’s interactive database of online abuse against journalists, part of its Ontheline programme, collected 176 instances of violent threats […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined international condemnation of Belarusian police’s Friday morning raid on independent broadcaster Belsat TV in Minsk that followed the station’s coverage of nationwide protests against a tax on the unemployed. Authorities reportedly detained one employee, a videographer, and confiscated camera and audio equipment in the raid, which Belsat’s head […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today said it was alarmed for the safety of journalists in Mexico following a bloody month that saw three journalists killed and two more fired upon. On Wednesday morning, gunmen shot at Armando Arrieta Granados, the editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper La Opinión, multiple times from close range near his […]

In December 2015, Greek lawmakers approved wide-reaching reforms to the country’s Press Law, popularly known as the “press killer”, that aimed to better protect press freedom and combat the ease with which Greek journalists could be taken to court for defamation. Few would deny that the reforms were a much-needed step toward combating and reducing […]