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United States: IPI condemns arrest of Estefany Rodríguez, calls for her immediate release

Journalist’s arrest is an alarming attack on press freedom
Americas: United States of America

Italy: Media freedom continues to erode amidst multiple challenges

IPI and MFRR partners share preliminary findings following two-day visit to Rome
Europe: Italy

Georgia: New laws threaten to paralyze independent media

IPI calls for stronger international response to Georgia’s crackdown on media
Europe: Georgia

Kosovo: IPI to join media freedom fact-finding mission to Pristina

Visit is understood to be first time Prime Minister Kurti will meet major media freedom delegation
Europe: Kosovo

Report: On the Tipping Point – Press Freedom in Europe in 2025

IPI publishes annual report of the Council of Europe’s Platform for the Safety of Journalists
Europe

Africa Media Monitoring July to September 2025: Threats to press freedom in DRC, Somalia, and Nigeria

Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte D’ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Media Freedom in Focus: Examining press freedom in Moldova after tense election

Latest podcast episode looks at risks faced by independent media in Moldova after elections on September 28
Europe: Moldova

Belarus: will the tide ever turn on Lukashenko and the regime’s repression?

Four years after mass protests, attacks on media and civil society continue in atmosphere of near-total oblivion
Europe: Belarus, Poland

“Write letters to Evan”: FT correspondent on jailed WSJ reporter

Moving testimony by Polina Ivanova, one year after the imprisonment of Evan Gershkovich
Europe: Russia