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) will mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day by joining leading press freedom defenders in presenting a panel discussion on journalists’ safety as part of worldwide celebrations organised by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Finland. The discussion, organised thanks to the support of the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation, […]

Thailand’s ruling military junta has banned a prominent journalist from leaving the country to attend UNESCO’s 2016 World Press Freedom Day conference in Finland. Pravit Rojanaphruk – who requires government permission to travel abroad following a previous run-in with the junta – said this week that authorities had rejected his request to attend the May […]

We, the undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), express our concerns over the recent wave of vexatious lawsuits against the investigative portal Network for Investigation of Crime and Corruption (KRIK) in Serbia. We believe that these lawsuits are a form of strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPPs) that aim to stifle scrutiny […]