Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Groups press for changes to protect journalist safety in Slovakia

On December 6, 2018, nine partner organizations and observers of the Council of Europe’s Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists conducted a press freedom solidarity mission to Slovakia to press for full justice in the case of assassinated journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, who were murdered on February 21, […]

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Press freedom groups to carry out solidarity visit to Slovakia

Nine leading international press freedom organizations representing the Council of Europe’s Platform to promote the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists, gathered for a semi-annual meeting in Vienna, will conduct a brief solidarity visit to Bratislava, Slovakia on the afternoon of Thursday, December 6, 2018. The groups will highlight the need for further […]

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Groups demand end to impunity in Malta journalist killing

A coalition of international press freedom and free expression groups, including the International Press Institute (IPI), today released a joint letter calling for greater progress in the investigation into the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The letter comes one year after the arrest of 10 individuals in connection with the crime, three of […]

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IPI urges G20 leaders to commit to press freedom

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, has urged the leaders of the G20 to commit themselves to defending press freedom in their countries and around the world. “As the leaders of G20 prepare to meet in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to discuss fair and sustainable development, they […]

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