The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the undersigned partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium in expressing our condolences with the victims of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and reiterating the need for a free media atmosphere as a crucial element of all disaster relief processes. In the aftermath of the devastating […]

IPI joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in publishing the latest edition of our Monitoring Report, analysing the state of press and media freedom throughout EU Member States and candidate countries in 2022. The report – produced by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), the International Press Institute (IPI), and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) […]

The judicial harassment of journalists in Turkey continued in 2022. Over the course of the year, 227 journalists faced trial and at least 53 of them were sentenced to prison or fined, according to International Press Institute (IPI) data. Meanwhile, the cycle of never-ending harassment moves into 2023 with seventy-eight percent of open cases adjourned […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, journalists, and media executives for press freedom, condemns the arrest of freelance journalist Sezgin Kartal in Turkey on January 13 and demands his immediate release. Kartal was detained on January 10, which is marked in Turkey as “Working Journalists Day”, during a raid on his […]