The partner organisations in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) are highly concerned about attempts to spread disinformation and discredit Maltese journalists and bloggers who write about the recently indicted murder suspect alleged to have orchestrated and funded the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017. On 26 August, independent blogger Manuel Delia wrote that […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern over the most recent discussions on a new bill that would criminalize the spreading of “fake news”. Initial details about the bill raise serious alarm about a further step forward in Turkey’s efforts to control media and information online. On August 18, 2021, Hüseyin Yayman, an MP […]

What the journalistic community has long suspected – that surveillance of reportersis much more widespread than could be proven – became reality when Forbidden Stories and 16 other international news organisations released The Pegasus Project.  Based on leaked information, the story revealed that over 180 journalists were listed as suspected targets of phone hacking using […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the move by a court in Belarus to label the Polish-funded Belsat television channel “extremist” and called for an intensification of international sanctions over the government’s ongoing crackdown on press freedom. Belsat TV, which has been a key source of coverage of nationwide anti-government protests which broke out […]