Czechia’s governing coalition continues to struggle to push a rise in the licence fee that finances the country’s public media past the parliamentary opposition. The broadcasters claim there’s a risk of severe cutbacks without the extra funds, but they may face an existential threat should those opposition parties win elections in the autumn.  The licence […]

IPI joins press freedom and journalists groups calling on the Trump administration to restore Associated Press access to the White House, including the Oval Office, Air Force One, and other White House pool events.  Read the full statement below.    We, the undersigned coalition of journalism and press freedom organizations, express our deep concern regarding […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the undersigned international media freedom and journalist groups in outlining concern over a planned “political neutrality” audit recently approved by the supervisory body of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) and warning that the measure could negatively affect editorial independence at the public broadcaster. Our organisations jointly question […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) global network today condemns the latest arrest of an independent journalist in Azerbaijan, Nurlan Libre (Gakhramanli), who was detained and placed in pre-trial detention on politically motivated charges of ‘smuggling foreign currency’. Separately, on February 20, Azerbaijani authorities ordered the suspension of operations at the BBC office in Baku. Several […]