The IPI global network calls for the immediate release of Diaa Al-Kahlout, correspondent for Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, who was detained by Israeli forces on Thursday December 7 in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza. We also call on the Israeli military to respect the international rules of war, which requires all warring parties to protect journalists and […]

“Lex non a rege est violanda,” – “The law must not be violated even by the king”, states a Latin legal maxim. But, in a recent saga over new media laws in Serbia it was never so much about the laws themselves as it was about those implementing them.  Two milestone laws that define the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium in warning the European Union about the chilling impact that the Hungarian ruling party’s proposed Sovereignty Protection Act will have on what remains of the country’s embattled independent media community. Our organisations stress that while media are not named […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) expresses its renewed alarm over the continued extreme level of violence against journalists in Mexico. Recent incidents, including the killing of two journalists in November alone and the kidnapping of three others, underscore the urgency of addressing this violence. Mexican authorities must ensure an environment where journalists can carry out […]