Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

IPI North America Committee condemns attacks on journalists, urges U.S. to guarantee media safety

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, journalists and media executives for press freedom, along with IPI’s North American Committee, condemn in the strongest possible terms the numerous verbal and physical attacks against journalists who covered the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.  Journalists were targeted by members of a pro-Trump […]

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Slovak police urged to probe surveillance of Denník N journalist Monika Tódová

Slovak authorities must thoroughly investigate the recent surveillance of Denník N journalist Monika Tódová and swiftly identify those responsible, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. IPI, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, warned the surveillance of a prominent Slovak journalist bore alarming echoes of the surveillance campaign […]

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Slovak police urged to probe surveillance of Denník N journalist Monika Tódová

Slovak authorities must thoroughly investigate the recent surveillance of Denník N journalist Monika Tódová and swiftly identify those responsible, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. IPI, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, warned the surveillance of a prominent Slovak journalist bore alarming echoes of the surveillance campaign […]

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Ján Kuciak’s story is far from over

Even though the killers of Jan Kuciak and his fiancée have been lawfully convicted, the trial of the alleged masterminds will continue this year. Meanwhile, the corruption investigations set off by the murder are growing, writes Miroslava German Sirotnikova for IPI. Last September, the families of investigative reporter Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, both […]

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