Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

IPI demands investigation of threats against Prague-based iStories journalists

The IPI global network calls on Czech authorities to investigate the threats made against Russian exiled journalists Alesya Marokhovskaya and Irina Dolinina. Both journalists are currently based in Prague, where they work for the major independent Russian investigative news outlet iStories. On Tuesday, September 19, iStories (known in Russian as “Vazhnye Istorii”, or Important Stories) […]

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Greece: IPI to join international press freedom mission to Athens

Between 25 and 27 September 2023, eight international press freedom and freedom of expression organisations will conduct a joint advocacy and fact-finding mission to Athens. Following the parliamentary elections and nomination of the new government, the delegation will examine the challenges to media freedom, pluralism and independence in Greece and the impact of measures taken […]

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IPI demands investigation into use of Pegasus against Galina Timchenko

IPI and its global network demand a swift investigation by German authorities into the use of Pegasus spyware against IPI member Galina Timchenko, the executive editor and founder of Meduza, a major independent Russian media outlet based in Latvia. IPI also demands the urgent adoption of a European ban on the use of spyware technologies […]

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Ukraine: IPI joins 23 organizations calling for an end to Russian war crimes in Ukraine

We, the undersigned journalists, press freedom organizations, and unions, write this statement to denounce the war crimes committed by the Russian Federation against journalists in Ukraine and to call for immediate action to hold the perpetrators accountable. Deliberately targeting journalists, shelling their facilities, and engaging in arbitrary detentions and torture clearly violate international humanitarian law […]

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