Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

IPI: Fight for full justice for Ján Kuciak will continue after shock acquittal

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. […]

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Slovakia: Profound disappointment as suspected mastermind in Ján Kuciak murder acquitted again

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. […]

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Serbia: Growing concern in Europe over media freedom and pluralism

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 […]

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Ukraine: IPI saddened by death of AFP journalist Arman Soldin

IPI and its global network are deeply saddened by the killing of Arman Soldin, a video reporter and correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Ukraine. The tragic killing comes just two weeks after the death of Ukrainian journalist Bohdan Bitik, who worked as a fixer for Italian newspaper La Repubblica. The rocket attack took place […]

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