Armenia’s 2018 revolution marked a critical juncture for its path to democracy.  In April 2018, peaceful protests across Armenia, known as the Velvet Revolution, culminated in the resignation of the then Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan. Sargsyan’s long-standing semi- authoritarian rule came to an end, and Armenians elected Nikol Pashinyan, a protest leader, opposition MP, and […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) condemns Israel’s closure of Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah and repeated its call on the Israeli authorities to allow media to report freely in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. At 3 a.m. on the morning of September 22, Israeli soldiers raided Al Jazeera’s Ramallah bureau during a live broadcast, […]

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium completed a two-day mission to Poland, 16-17 September, where it held meetings with the Minister of Justice, Adam Bodnar, the Ministry of Culture as well as journalists, publishers, regulators, media law experts.  The mission focused on measures to reform public service media, to protect journalists from Strategic Lawsuits […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors and journalists, condemns the recent denial of entry to Belarusian journalist Andrei Mialeshka and Armenian media founder Arsen Kharatyan into Georgia.  On September 15, Belarusian journalist Andrei Mialeshka, and his daughter, who have been living in Georgia for three years, were denied permission to re-enter […]