Building together at #MIFest26: Centring uniqueness and sharpening signals

Learn about the highlights of the 2026 Media Innovation Festival in Vienna

China: Trump must press President Xi Jinping to release Jimmy Lai during state visit

Lai’s case has become increasingly urgent as his health rapidly deteriorates behind bars

Georgia: Arrest of police officer accused of attacking journalist undermined by widespread impunity

Arrest shines a spotlight on the wider climate of impunity for violent attacks on the press

Greece: Abusive lawsuit against independent newsrooms should be dismissed

Greece urged to implement anti-SLAPP safeguards to protect media

Maldives: IPI, partners call on President Muizzu to reverse retaliatory legal action against Adhadhu News

IPI signs joint letter calling on President Muizzu to cease targeting of independent journalism and reaffirm the Maldives’ commitment to press freedom

Serbia: IPI joins call to EU Ministers on red line for media freedom backsliding

Joint letter to Ministers across Europe urges tough line on EU funding over press freedom backsliding

Four years on: No progress toward accountability for killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

IPI repeats urgent call on U.S., international community to ensure justice and end global crisis of impunity for crimes against journalists

New IPI report: SLAPPs pose threat to Africa’s climate and environmental journalists

Research reveals perfect storm for judicial harassment

Philippines: IPI condemns killing of journalist RJ Nichole Ledesma

IPI calls for an expedited, credible, and transparent investigation into his death

Guatemala: IPI condemns killing of journalist Carlos Humberto Cal Ical

IPI urges authorities to conduct swift investigation and hold perpetrators accountable

As deadline passes, MFRR renews call for urgent transposition of EU Anti SLAPP Directive

European Commission should be prepared to take swift infringement action where Member States fall short

Albania: Fresh concerns over journalist’s safety following suspected arson attack

IPI calls for motive of targeted destruction of journalists car to be swiftly established

Georgia: An escalating media freedom crisis

Georgian Dream’s erosion of media freedom has been a driving factor in the unprecedented period of democratic backsliding in the country

World Press Freedom Day: Six years of monitoring reveals emerging threats against media freedom in Europe

IPI and MFRR partners publish analysis of six years of press freedom data

Analysis: Tisza’s victory offers historic opportunity for media freedom reform in Hungary

IPI op-ed: While Tisza’s landslide election victory offers opportunity to rejuvenate press freedom, unwinding Fidesz’s media capture model will be complex, but essential for achieving wider democratic reform

IPI Finland National Committee awards 2026 Free Speech Award to Suvi Tanner

Tag der Pressefreiheit: IPI warnt vor historischem Tiefstand und ruft zur globalen demokratischen Resilienz auf

WPFD 2026: Political and corporate leaders must step to the defence of freedom of the press and independent journalism

The relay race: journalism under siege in Turkey

As Turkey wages war on the media, legal threats overlap with physical violence, verbal intimidation, and a culture of impunity

Interview: Undercover in Europe’s exotic animal black market

How an investigation supported by IPI’s IJ4EU programme revealed the reality of Europe’s illicit wildlife trade