Today, marking the Day of the Political Prisoner in Belarus, the undersigned organisations reiterate our condemnation of the Lukashenko regime’s ruthless crackdown on civil society and independent media. We continue to stand in solidarity with courageous Belarusians who persist in their fight for freedom. The international community will keep demanding the unconditional release of all […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today vowed to continue the fight for full justice for Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová after the acquittal of the suspected mastermind, businessman Marian Kočner. The judges did convict Alena Zsuzsová, a close associate of Kočner, of ordering the hit and sentenced her to 25 years in prison. […]

Following today’s acquittal of the suspected mastermind in the killing of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak, the International Press Institute (IPI) joins the undersigned international media freedom and journalist organisations in expressing our profound disappointment, renews our call for justice and conveys our steadfast solidarity with the families of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the undersigned press freedom and journalist organisations in noting with deepening concern the latest report of the European Parliament regarding the climate for media freedom in Serbia. On May 10, the European Parliament adopted its 2022 report on Serbia, which responds to the European Commission’s October 2022 findings […]