The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has urged Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to condemn ongoing attacks by politicians in his party and others on investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald. Greenwald, co-founder of the news website The Intercept and a resident of Brazil, has faced […]

We, the undersigned international freedom of expression organisations, welcome the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted on 26 June, condemning the continued impunity for the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and broader systemic rule of law shortcomings in Malta, and inter alia, calling for the launch of an […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executive and leading journalists, has urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe to raise the issue of press freedom and attacks on journalists during the upcoming G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. “Japan is taking over the Presidency of the G20 at a critical juncture where strong […]

Almost a month after Italian journalist Stefano Origone was brutally beaten by police in Genoa, investigations into the incident appear to be stalling, while information about it remains classified. Origone, a Genoa-based journalist with the daily La Repubblica, was covering an antifascist protest on May 23 when half a dozen policemen rushed toward him, pushed […]