On Wednesday, September 13, internet providers in Kyrgyzstan began blocking access to Kloop.kg, a popular independent news site and part of IPI’s global network of independent editors, media and journalists. The access block was requested by the Kyrgyz Ministry of Culture, following a complaint by Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee of National Security, which demanded the removal […]

More than 40 Hungarian media websites hit by DDoS attacks in last five months Independent media which are critical of government targeted multiple times Powerful cyber attacks represent major new threat to media freedom in Hungary   The International Press Institute (IPI) today warns that an unprecedented wave of cyber-attacks predominantly targeting independent media outlets […]

The IPI global network firmly condemns the Bishkek city prosecutor’s attempt to force the closure of Kloop, a major Kyrgyz independent media outlet and IPI member. In a request made to a local court, the Bishkek prosecutor claimed that Kloop’s reporting is “negative in character, aimed at discrediting representatives of state and local authorities”. The […]

Russia must stop its practice of designating media companies as ‘undesirable’, the International Press Institute (IPI) said. IPI made the call following Russia’s latest such designation, which targeted independent television broadcaster TV Rain. The broadcaster was forced to leave Russia last year and now operates out of the EU. The designation has previously been used […]