On April 6, investigative outlet Slidstvo.Info reported that one of its journalists, Yevheny Shulhat, had recently been targeted in what appeared to be an intimidation attempt by authorities. Several days earlier, military recruitment officials approached Shulhat at a mall near his home in Kyiv, attempting to hand him a summons notice which could have led […]

Commemorating 25 years since the brutal murder of Serbian journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, media freedom organizations unite to condemn continued impunity in this case and demand accountability for all acts of violence against journalists in Serbia. The recent acquittal of security officers accused of Ćuruvija’s murder, as well as the escalating attacks against journalists in Novi […]

The IPI global network strongly condemns the illegal detention, surveillance, and mistreatment of Nigerian editor Segun Olatunji by military personnel, and calls on the Nigerian authorities to hold those responsible to account. Olatunji, the editor of the news outlet First News, was released from military detention on March 28. He had been arrested at his […]

The IPI global network condemns the prison terms handed last month to two more Belarusians in relation to their past work as independent journalists. Former reporter Ihar Karney was sentenced to three years in a penal colony while camera operator Andrey Tolchyn received a 2.5 year sentence. “The sentences against Ihar Karney and Andrey Tolchyn […]