The International Press Institute (IPI) is proud to host a panel discussion at the 2017 International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy analysing digital attacks on journalists, with a focus on cases of online harassment in Turkey, Austria and Russia. The Festival, from April 5 to 9, is one of Europe’s largest media events. A team of IPI experts has monitored and […]

IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi will deliver closing remarks at an expert discussion on press freedom in Russia that will take place in Helsinki, Finland on April 3, 2014. The discussion is sponsored by the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation, which is affiliated with the daily Helsingin Sanomat. Additional panellists are: Artem Filatov, Political Journalist Irina Pankratova, […]

One-hundred-fifty journalists are currently behind bars in Turkey, the world’s leading jailer of journalists. The vast majority of those held were detained – many arbitrarily and without formal charges – as part of a sweeping government crackdown on independent media following the July 2016 coup attempt. At the same time, government pressure on Turkey’s judicial […]

IPI is proud to announce that Hamburg First Mayor Olaf Scholz will deliver the keynote speech at the Opening Ceremony of the 2017 IPI World Congress, to be held at Hamburg City Hall on Thursday, May 18 and generously hosted by Hamburg’s Senate. IPI spoke to Scholz, a former labour and social affairs minister in the cabinet of […]