The International Press Institute (IPI) calls on the U.N.-authorized support mission to Haiti to prioritize the safety of journalists as a requisite step to restoring democratic order. In early October 2023, responding to Haiti’s requests for international support, the U.N. Security Council voted to send a Kenyan-led armed multinational security support (MSS) force to Haiti […]

The IPI global network condemns the gruesome killing of Sudanese journalist Halima Idris Salim and demands a thorough and independent investigation to hold those responsible to account. On October 10, Salim was killed by elements of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), one of the two warring factions in Sudan, in Khartoum, the capital city of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins its Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners and the other undersigned press freedom, free expression, and journalist organisations to express shock over yesterday’s criminal conviction of writer and journalist Roberto Saviano, in a case brought by current Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, and we convey our full solidarity with […]

The undersigned media freedom, freedom of expression and human rights organizations denounce the inflammatory rhetoric directed at Deutsche Welle (DW) Turkish service reporter Alican Uludağ by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) officials and call on the Turkish authorities to ensure journalists’ safety. Journalists must be able to freely publish information they obtain on matters of public […]