The International Press Institute (IPI) continues to urge the U.S. government to drop its prosecution of Julian Assange under the Espionage Act, which poses a serious risk to press freedom and the right to information. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is inching closer to being extradited to the United States to face espionage charges after the […]

Attacked while covering demonstrations, harassed online for reporting on COVID-19 and measures to fight it, or sued by private companies trying to avoid publication of damaging information. These are just some examples of the threats received by journalists and media workers in Europe in 2021. Today the International Press Institute (IPI) joins its partners in […]

The undersigned organisations reiterate their support for award-winning journalist and author, Carole Cadwalladr, who is facing a week-long defamation trial in London this week. Cadwalladr, who works for the Guardian Media Group in the UK, is being sued as an individual by millionaire businessman and political donor Arron Banks, best known for his role as […]

The United States government today won its appeal in the Julian Assange case, with London’s High Court ruling that the UK can extradite WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the U.S. to face espionage charges. IPI has consistently opposed the extradition of Assange and calls once again on the UK authorities to release him and on […]