The International Press Institute (IPI) has now documented more than 700 attacks on journalists, acts of censorship and serious violations of media freedom since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The data from IPI’s Ukraine War Press Freedom Tracker underscores the devastating toll the conflict has already taken on independent journalism, media […]

This article was by Veran Matic, an IPI World Press Freedom Hero and member of the Serbia’s Permanent Working Group for Safety of Journalists. У наставку прочитајте на српском   The upcoming December could bring the long-awaited decision of the Court of Appeal and the end of the drama that has lasted almost a quarter […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is today publishing the speech given by Salvadorian journalist Carlos Dada, founder of El Faro, as he accepted the World Press Freedom Hero award at IPI’s World Congress 2022 at Columbia University in New York on 9 September 2022.     Thank you, board members of the International Press Institute and the International Media Support, for this […]

This text is originally published in a monitoring report by the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) which can be download in full here. This analysis covers the first six months of 2022.     Media freedom in Europe in the first half of 2022 has been overshadowed by Russia’s devastating war of aggression in Ukraine. […]