Zimbabwe: Alarming escalation of attacks against journalists

IPI calls on authorities to safeguard media freedom after series of recent arrests and attacks on journalists

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

Journalist’s arrest is an alarming attack on press freedom

Italy: Media freedom continues to erode amidst multiple challenges

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

Georgia: New laws threaten to paralyze independent media

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

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

Belarus: Repression accelerates as five more journalists sentenced to prison

Nearly 30 journalists behind bars

North Macedonia: Appeal court ruling on Investigative Reporting Lab a worrying setback for media freedom

IPI and media freedom partners express solidarity with IRL after latest alarming warning

Report: Increasingly hostile environment for journalism in Europe

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

Belarus: IPI condemns new prison sentences for two Intex Press journalists

Editors of regional newspaper convicted on politically motivated charges

Greece: Executives of spyware firm used to surveil journalist Thanasis Koukakis sentenced to prison

IPI and Koukakis, an IPI member, welcome verdict

Pakistan: IPI, partners urge PM to address worsening environment for press freedom

IPI signs joint letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif calling on him to take urgent action to protect members of the media in Pakistan

Venezuela: Acting government must demonstrate respect for press freedom

Authorities must take concrete steps to end the judicial persecution of journalists

Threats to journalists covering human and environmental cost of eastern DRC conflict grow

IPI calls on parties to respect rights of journalists after armed groups prevent coverage of Rubaya mine disaster last month 

Italy: IPI to join follow-up media freedom mission to Rome

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) mission to examine European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) implementation, SLAPPs, spyware attacks on journalists, and media concentration

Kosovo: IPI joins urgent call for adequate budget allocation for public broadcaster RTK

Current budget plan would provide only 40% of total funding foreseen within media law

Hungary: Reports of potential corporate influence behind SPO investigations set dangerous precedent for press freedom

IPI renews call for repeal of restrictive Sovereignty Protection Act and dismantling of Sovereignty Protection Office

MFRR Report 2025 documents 1,481 press freedom violations across 36 European countries

Verbal attacks, harassment and smear campaigns remain the most common form of press freedom violation in Europe

Guatemala: IPI welcomes release of World Press Freedom Hero José Rubén Zamora, calls for all remaining charges to be dropped

Imprisoned since July 2022, Zamora has endured years of legal harassment and arbitrary detention

Serbia: Coordinated bot attacks on Instagram accounts of independent media emerge as new weapon of censorship

Attempts to block the social media platforms of media organisations represent a worrying new form of digital censorship in Serbia

Mali: Journalist jailed on charges of insulting Niger’s military leader

IPI calls for immediate release of Youssouf Sissoko