The International Press Institute (IPI) along with 20 other international press freedom and freedom of expression organizations today sent a joint letter to Turkish President Erdoğan, condemning the brutal attacks on two individual journalists in the last week. On May 10, journalist Yavuz Selim Demirağ, a regular contributor for the opposition newspaper Yeniçağ, was attacked […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, today condemned the destruction of the offices of Turkey’s Anadolu news agency in Gaza in an Israeli air strike on May 4. The building housing Anadolu’s offices was hit by five rockets fired by Israeli warplanes as violence […]

A combination of diplomatic engagement and judicial measures can be an effective strategy to promote press freedom, safety of journalists and raise the cost of impunity for crimes against journalists, International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Director Barbara Trionfi said at a meeting today between the OSCE Group of Friends on Safety of Journalist and IPI […]

On the occasion of  World Press Freedom Day, IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi looks at some of the most concerning trends negatively impacting press freedom and independent journalism across the world and sheds some light on strategies to revert them. Click here to read IPI’s full statement on World Press Freedom Day.