“If we had lived in the Middle Ages, I would have thrown you at the stake first!” “Filthy lying whore. Find a tree and a rope.” “I hope you get properly raped once.”  These are just a few examples of the widespread threats and online abuse that women journalists in the Netherlands receive via social […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined media freedom organisations in writing to the Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela urging his government to implement recommendations from the recent public consultation into draft media laws and to strengthen the planned legislation in line with international standards. Read the full letter below     16 March 2023 […]

Following the start of the retrial last week at the Court of Appeal for the 1999 murder of Serbian editor and publisher Slavko Ćuruvija, the International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and the SafeJournalists Network (SJN) in today renewing our call for justice for his […]

The 2018 assassination of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová in Slovakia occurred just months after that of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, in October 2017, raising urgent questions about the state of press freedom in both countries. However, the outcomes could not be more different. While Kuciak’s death brought investigative journalism to the […]