The IPI global network welcomes the release on bail of Iranian journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who were among the first journalists to be arrested for their coverage of the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of the morality police in September 2022. Their convictions of colluding with foreign powers should […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) joins Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners in today renewing our joint call for democratic and comprehensive reform to the Poland’s public broadcasters which creates systematic safeguards to limit the ability of all governments, future and present, to meddle in editorial or institutional independence of the country’s public media. The […]

The IPI global network firmly condemns apparent efforts by Russia’s military to step up attacks on hotels and other civilian infrastructure popular among journalists working in Ukraine. In just over a week, two such hotels were destroyed in the eastern city of Kharkiv, leaving multiple journalists wounded and leading other correspondents to end their reporting […]

Five years after the murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale in Ghana, the International Press Institute (IPI) condemns the lack of progress in holding those responsible to account and calls for transparency from the authorities about the status of the investigation. Suale was shot dead in Accra, Ghana’s capital, on January 16, 2019, in an […]