Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Europe must pressure Malta in Carauana Galizia investigation, son says

Matthew Caruana Galizia, son of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia who was killed almost two years ago by a car bomb in Malta, today called for greater international pressure for an independent inquiry into his mother’s assassination. Speaking today at a press conference in Vienna with International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Director Barbara Trionfi, Caruana Galizia, […]

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IPI urges U.S. Afghan envoy to prioritize journalist safety in Taliban talks

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has urged U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad to make the safety of journalists a priority in his ongoing U.S.-Taliban talks. In a letter to the U.S. special representative, IPI said that media organizations in […]

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IPI calls for immediate release of journalists detained in Turkey

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, today called on the government of Turkey to immediately release nine journalists who were arrested in a country-wide crackdown this week. On Tuesday, August 20, police arrested six journalists who were covering protests against the dismissal of municipal […]

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Russia urged to protect journalists covering Moscow protests

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has joined a coalition of Russian and international journalist and press freedom groups in calling on the Russian authorities to end the harassment of journalists covering the recent protests in Moscow. “An attack on journalists covering democratic […]

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