This briefing note, prepared by the International Press Institute (IPI) on hehalf of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), provides an update of all press freedom violations documented in Europe throughout August and September 2020, on a country-by-country basis. It follows previous briefings published in May, June and July which focused on the emerging Covid-19 crisis and attacks on journalists […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in writing to the government in Sofia to raise serious concerns about journalist safety and access to information in Bulgaria. The letter, sent to the Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Interior Minister Hristo Terziyski and the Speaker of the National Assembly Tsveta Karayancheva, condemned recent police violence […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in writing to the government in Sofia to raise serious concerns about journalist safety and access to information in Bulgaria. The letter, sent to the Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Interior Minister Hristo Terziyski and the Speaker of the National Assembly Tsveta Karayancheva, condemned recent police violence […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the attacks on the reporters Luciano da Conceicao and Leonardo Gimo, which took place on the night of September 13. Luciano da Conceicao, who works for the DW Africa news agency, was abducted from his […]