EU: Further protections for journalists and media freedom needed in Democracy Shield

IPI and MFRR partners provide response and recommendations to draft report of new EU initiative to safeguard democracy

European Democracy Shield: Bolstering independent media at the core of democratic resilience

EU's new flagship democracy resilience strategy offers important opportunity to ensure safety of journalists and media viability

EU: Free, vibrant and pluralistic media must be at the heart of Democracy Shield

Strong and healthy media landscape is a sine qua non to protecting democracy and combating disinformation

EU: Media freedom groups discuss Democracy Shield submission with Vice President Virkkunen

IPI joined meeting in Brussels with EU Commission Executive Vice-President to discuss challenges for media including online safety of journalists and AI

EU: European Commission must place media freedom at heart of Democracy Shield initiative

IPI joins groups in welcoming European Commission’s initiative to create a European Democracy Shield

WPFD 2025: Defending democracy in Europe depends on defending media freedom

IPI and media freedom partners issue joint statement to mark World Press Freedom Day 2025, amidst events and panels in Brussels

Romania: Surveillance warrants targeting journalists are dangerous for democracy

Revelations showing how multiple journalists were wiretapped by National Anticorruption Directorate raise press freedom concerns

Greece: The erosion of media freedom in the birthplace of democracy

Analysis: While steep decline in press freedom may have petered out, myriad of challenges remain

#IPIWoCo Recap: Media and democracy in the age of AI

Journalists, experts debated benefits and risks of AI for the information environment at the Congress's opening Town Hall

#IPIWoCo Recap: Reporting on elections amid declining democracy

Panelists from five countries with recent or upcoming votes share lessons learned

IPI General Assembly Resolution: Turkey must respect press freedom as essential element of democracy

Cambodia: Government orders closure of independent outlet Voice of Democracy

IPI calls on government to respect press freedom

IPI mission report: Independent media, democracy under pressure in Mozambique

High-level IPI delegation travelled to Mozambique in August 2022

IPI Dec. 10 Campaign in Turkey: If there is no press freedom, there is no democracy

IPI marks Human Rights Day with a new campaign in collaboration with satire magazines in Turkey

IPI Dec. 10 Campaign in Turkey: If there is no press freedom, there is no democracy

IPI marks Human Rights Day with a new campaign in collaboration with satire magazines in Turkey

Daily Star | Choking the lifeblood of democracy

#IPIWoCo Recap: Local News on the Frontline of Democracy

Local journalism is under threat, yet newsrooms are adapting through innovation

#IPIWoCo: Maria Ressa: Weaponization of disinformation eroding democracy

Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist speaks at IPI World Congress 2022

Mozambique: Urgent action needed to safeguard press freedom and democracy

Following four-day visit, IPI remains alarmed by situation of press freedom and independent journalism in the country 

Journalism on the frontline of democracy

IPI World Congress in New York September 8-10