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 […]

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 […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, today vehemently condemned the arrests and acts of aggression against Hong Kong journalists and photographers by the police. According to the Hong Kong Journalists Association and Hong Kong Press Photographers Association, the police have targeted journalists while they were covering protests. […]

The International Press Institutes (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today expressed concerned at the failure of the Hong Kong government to publicly condemn and investigate the targeted violence journalists have endured while covering ongoing protests against the government’s proposed changes to extradition law. On Sunday, June […]