The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has written to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron requesting the two leaders to take a firm stance against the imprisonment, intimidation and harassment of journalists in Turkey.  

English. Un fonds de jusqu’à 450 000€ consacré au soutien du journalisme d’enquête transfrontalier dans l’Union Européenne a été lancé aujourd’hui par l’International Press Institute (IPI) et l’European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF). http://www.ij4eu.net/ Le fonds « Investigative Journalism for Europe » (#IJ4EU) vise à encourager et renforcer la collaboration entre les journalistes et les […]

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 offices of a French satirical magazine were attacked on Tuesday night after the publication featured a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad on its cover. Some news reports suggested that the magazine had not yet been distributed. According to news reports, a petrol bomb was thrown through the window of Charlie Hebdo’s Paris headquarters around […]