Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Slavko Ćuruvija: Cycle of impunity for killing of journalists in Serbia must be broken

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 […]

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Malta: Lack of proper public consultation affects the quality of media laws

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 […]

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IPI: Celebrating women leaders in media on International Women’s Day

To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, IPI is today celebrating the incredible women journalists in our global network who have dedicated their careers to digging out and telling important stories to their communities. Below we highlight some of the most inspiring and pioneering journalism being done around the world by women reporters, editors […]

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Council of Europe’s Platform for the Safety of Journalists Report 2023

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the Partner Organisations in the platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists in publish our 2023 annual report under the title “War in Europe and the fight for the right to report”. The report reveals a continued degradation of press freedom across the continent. […]

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