Over the last few years, autocratic leaders around the world have begun perfecting techniques of weaponizing social media to discredit critical journalists online, according to Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa, who was speaking at the International Press Institute’s (IPI) virtual World Congress 2020 today. “Authoritarian governments are consolidating power by weaponizing social media and the […]

  On the occasion of 2020 World Press Freedom Day, Al Jazeera Center for Public Liberties and Human Rights and Al Jazeera Mubasher organized an online seminar on media freedom and the safety of journalists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers: Guy Berger, Director, Division of Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO Barbara Trionfi, Executive […]

On the occasion of the recently commemorated World Press Freedom Day, Al Jazeera Arabic Channel hosted a discussion on the role of the media during the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Guests on the live TV talk show “Without Frontiers” – Barbara Trionfi, IPI Executive Director and Moez Chakchouk, Assistant Director-General for Communication […]

The Qatar National Human Rights Committee, in cooperation with the International Press Institute (IPI) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), hosted the international conference “Freedom of Expression: Facing Up to the Threat” in Doha, Qatar from 24-25 July 2017. The event was held amid a diplomatic crisis in the Middle East pitting Qatar against […]