The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned police violence against journalists covering the protests in Uganda last week following the arrest of opposition leader Bobi Wine. Bobi Wine, otherwise known as Robert Kyagulanyi, campaigned in east Uganda in the lead up to January presidential elections against incumbent Yoweri Museveni, who has been in office […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today called on the leaders of the G20 nations to urge Saudi Arabia to bring the masterminds behind the gruesome of Jamal Khashoggi to justice. In a statement issued ahead of the G20 Summit in Riyadh scheduled […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, joined 16 other press freedom organizations in expressing concern over restrictions imposed on independent media by governments. The statement was issued as part of the global Media Freedom Coalition Advisory Network on the sidelines of the 2nd Global Media Freedom conference. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom and the European Federation of Journalists in condemning the arson attack against James Cruickshank, the publisher of the Glasgow crime weekly The Digger. As part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), the organisations also denounced attempts to intimidate stockists across the Scottish capital […]