The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomes the long-overdue victory for Greek journalist and IPI member Manolis Kypraios in his legal case against the Hellenic police over the hearing loss he suffered due to a flash grenade thrown at him during his coverage of a protest in 2011. In December 2022, the Administrative Court of […]

This text is part of the 2023 Monitoring Report published by the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium, of which the International Press Institute (IPI) is a member. Read the full report here.   Media freedom in Ukraine faced the greatest crisis in the country’s modern history in 2022. Russia’s full-scale invasion in February posed […]

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and the Safe Journalists Network today condemn the shocking physical attack on Albanian journalist Elvis Hila and his wife in Lezhë and urge state law enforcement authorities to swiftly detain the suspected perpetrators and ensure that all those responsible face justice. The violent attack took place at around 4.40pm […]

2022 witnessed a devastating decline in journalists’ safety, as 66 journalists and media workers worldwide were killed in connection with their profession, according to International Press Institute (IPI) data. This figure marks a steep increase from the total of 45 journalists killed in 2021. Spiraling attacks against journalists in Mexico as well as Russia’s full-scale […]