The International Press Institute joins 79 other media freedom and civil society organisations to call on the European Parliament to strengthen provisions in the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), and unconditionally prohibit the use of spyware against journalists. Current protections in the law are seen as inadequate in preventing the surveillance of journalists. The European […]

Uganda must do more to meet its commitments to protect freedom of the press and access to information, according to a shadow report by IPI and the Small Media Foundation, the Freedom of Expression Hub in Uganda, and the Africa Freedom of Information Centre. This report, submitted to the African Commission on Human and People’s […]

Between 2 and 5 October 2023, five international media freedom organisations will conduct an annual joint press freedom mission to Ankara, Diyarbakır and Istanbul. The mission will focus on the state of media freedom, the challenges experienced by journalists, media workers and the media landscape in general in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes, and the […]

The IPI global network condemns the arbitrary detention of journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Osman Bulbul in Somalia and reiterates its call on the authorities to refrain from targeting journalists for carrying out their work. On August 17, plain-clothed state security officials arrested and detained Bulbul while he was attending a university class, in Mogadishu, the capital […]