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Hungary: Foreign funding bill poses most serious threat to independent media in years
Press Freedom
IPI and media freedom partners call for urgent EU measures to respond to latest attack on press freedom and democracy
Europe: Hungary

France: Call to end police violence after new attacks on journalists at May Day protest
Journalist Safety
Media freedom groups highlight allegations of deliberate police violence against media workers
Europe: France

Untold threats against environmental journalists in Italy revealed in new case study
Climate JournalismDisinformation
New case study reveals, for the first time, statistical data on attacks against environmental journalists in the country, documenting 114 cases between 2011 and 2025—yet these cases likely represent only a fraction of the real number.
Europe: Italy

IPI, partners urge Kenya to strengthen human rights safeguards in its draft cybersecurity strategy
CybercrimePress FreedomSurveillance
Africa: Kenya

Podcasts & Videos

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Climate journalism and disinformation: The floods in Valencia
Climate JournalismDisinformation
Season 3 of Decoding Disinformation kicks off with a deep dive into disinformation targeting climate journalists, as Javier Luque and Clara Jiménez Cruz unpack the false narratives surrounding the deadly Valencia floods.
Europe: Spain

MFRR in focus: The state of Poland’s public service media
Media Capture
Europe: Poland

Operation Overload: Draining fact-checkers’ resources
Disinformation
Episode 4 of the podcast series Decoding Disinformation delves into CheckFirst's investigation of the so-called 'Operation Overload'
Europe: Finland

Belarus: will the tide ever turn on Lukashenko and the regime’s repression?
Press Freedom
Four years after mass protests, attacks on media and civil society continue in atmosphere of near-total oblivion
Europe: Belarus, Poland

A perfect storm: Climate journalism under attack in Croatia
Climate JournalismDisinformation
Episode 3 of podcast series Decoding Disinformation looks into recent online and physical attacks against "Climate Portal" in Croatia

Event

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05.05.2025 - 05.05.2025

Autocrats Unleashed: Defending Free Journalism Amid Rising Authoritarianism and Declining Accountability
Join IPI for a parallel event in Brussels, held alongside World Press Freedom Day
Europe: Georgia, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey
12.05.2025 - 17.05.2025

Hostile Environment and Awareness Training (HEAT) for Journalists
Journalist Safety
21.02.2025

Ukraine: Three Years of Resistance
Russia-Ukraine War
Public discussion to be co-hosted by IPI and the Institute of Mass Information (IMI)
Ukraine
22.01.2025

Virtual Newsroom Visit to CLIP, Latin America
Digital TransitionInvestigative journalismMedia InnovationMedia sustainability
El Clip presents NINA, a collaborative database for cross-border investigations
Americas: Costa Rica

IPI Global Network

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IPI is heading to the International Journalism Festival!
See our events and connect with the biggest-ever IPI delegation at the 2025 International Journalism Festival in Perugia

Call for nominations: IPI/IMS 2025 press freedom awards

IPI Job Opening: Senior Advocacy Officer

IPI announces Scott Griffen as new executive director

Reports

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Guide to Decoding Disinformation (Arabic)
Protocol for newsrooms to support journalists targeted with online harassment (Arabic)
Press Freedom in Kenya
Press Freedom in South Africa
Press Freedom in Nigeria
Media Capture Monitoring Report: Finland

Alerts

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25.04.2025
1 case

Konstantin Berezin designated as a “foreign agent”
Russia-Ukraine War
Censorship and regulation: Publication ban, take-down order or forced deletion, fine, administrative action
Europe: Russia
22.04.2025
1 case

Russian drone strike damages Poltavska Khvylya office
Russia-Ukraine War
Verbal, online or physical attack: Attack on media infrastructure/offices
Europe: Ukraine
18.04.2025
2 cases

Irina Babloyan and Vladislav Shiryayev designated as “foreign agents”
Russia-Ukraine War
Censorship and regulation: Publication ban, take-down order or forced deletion, fine, administrative action
Europe: Russia