The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today called on Ukrainian authorities to conduct swift, transparent and thorough investigations into a number of attacks on journalists in recent weeks and to bring the perpetrators to justice. At least five journalists in Ukraine have said that they were […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is deeply alarmed to hear that the editors of the Antiguan investigative news site Caribarena have left Antigua and Barbuda reportedly due to fear for their family’s safety. The editors, a husband and wife, told IPI that they and their children had been threatened and harassed and their home vandalised […]

A report released today by the International Press Institute (IPI) following its April mission to five Caribbean countries urges governments to follow through on commitments received during IPI’s visit to repeal archaic criminal defamation laws. During a nearly three-week long mission, IPI delegates met with representatives of government, law enforcement, media, and civil society in Antigua […]

Turkish free expression groups, gathering in Istanbul Wednesday on the 105th anniversary of the country’s official abolition of censorship, took the Justice and Development Party (AKP)-led government to task for a continuing decline in press freedom. The second Congress of the Freedom for Journalists Platform (GOP) – an umbrella group representing local and national free […]