The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over the re-arrest of Kashmir journalist Aasif Sultan just two days after he was released from prison where he had been held for five years. Sultan, who previously worked as an assistant editor at the now-defunct Kashmir Narrator, was re-arrested under India’s anti-terror law. The latest detention […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes the release this week of Kashmir journalist Fahad Shah after nearly two years in prison on terrorism charges. We call on authorities to drop all remaining charges against him and for an end to the repression of journalists in Kashmir. IPI also welcomes a court decision this month nullifying […]

The IPI global network expresses serious concern about the Indian government’s use of the IT Act, 2000 to block the news site and social media accounts of the Kashmir-based news outlet The Kashmir Walla from being accessed in India.  On August 19, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology blocked the website of The Kashmir […]

From AI to open-source reporting, five media practitioners shared their forward-thinking approaches to media innovation during “The Big Idea” session at the recent 2023 IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival. Much of the conversation, moderated by Danuta Bregula, expert-in-residence at the Media Development Investment Fund, focused on how different newsroom types can effectively and […]