The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined a coalition of seven other media outlets and civil society groups based in Europe in launching a new publication aimed at strengthening quality media coverage of migrants and ethnic and religious minorities. Reporting on Migration and Minorities: Approach and Guidelines reflects the conclusions of working seminars held in […]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today released a comparative study “Defamation and Insult Laws in the OSCE Region” finding that criminal law remains an instrument to excessively limit media freedom. Commissioned by the representative and conducted by International Press Institute (IPI) Director of Press […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and leading media freedom and free expression watchdogs have brought the ongoing deterioration of free expression in Turkey before the U.N. Human Rights Council, urging it to press Turkey’s government to end a state of “major repression”. IPI joined PEN International, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Danish PEN, German […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is pleased to join the Österreichische Photographische Gesellschaft and Edition Lammerhuber in recognising Belgian photographer Patricia Willocq as the winner of the 2015 Alfred Fried Photography Award for peace photography Willocq was honoured for her photo series “Look at me, I am beautiful”, which shows scenes of happiness in which […]