The Polish government’s plans to reform the country’s Supreme Court, which have sparked protests over a perceived erosion of the separation of powers and the rule of law, also have significant potential consequences for media freedom, Polish journalists and media experts say. Last week, Poland’s parliament introduced a series of measures that observers, including the European […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined nine other international free expression groups and professional organisations in an open letter to Poland’s defence minister urging him to withdraw his criminal complaint against a journalist whose new book exposed the minister’s associates’ alleged network of questionable Russian contacts. The other groups include Reporters Without Borders (RSF), […]

In voting last month to repeal their country’s centuries-old blasphemy law, Danish lawmakers joined a growing trend in Europe toward securing free speech on matters related to religion. A comprehensive IPI study on criminal defamation and insult laws published in March by the Representative on Freedom of the Media of the Organization for Security and […]

Polish prosecutors should reject a request by the country’s defence ministry to prosecute an investigative journalist whose recent book outlined alleged links between the defence minister’s associates, Russian intelligence services and organised crime, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. The ministry last week asked the military department of Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office to investigate […]