On the seventh anniversary of the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, IPI and the partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) mark the date with the publication of a new report examining ongoing threats to media freedom and the safety of journalists. MFRR partners take this […]

As the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches, Ukrainian journalists continue to face serious risks and threats related to their reporting on the war, the results of IPI’s three-year monitoring program show. Attacks by Russian forces on media offices and infrastructure, as well as cyberattacks, intensified over the past year, and at […]

The undersigned journalists, newsrooms, press freedom advocates, human rights defenders, and journalists’ organizations, call upon the Georgian authorities to immediately release veteran journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, who has been on hunger strike for five weeks since her arrest in early January.   As of February 18, Mzia announced an end to the hunger strike after doctors warned […]

Media freedom in Slovakia is facing an unprecedented crisis, serving as a critical test case for the European Union’s commitment to safeguarding media freedom and democratic values, IPI and Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partner organisations warn today in a new report. The MFRR report – which can be downloaded here – concludes that since […]