Read the Romanian translation below/Citiți mai jos acest text în limba română   In an open letter to the Romanian General Prosecutor IPI joins seven other journalists and media freedom organizations in condemning the negligent and error-strewn investigation into the crimes committed against journalist Emilia Șercan. A month after revealing that Nicolae Ciucă, then Prime […]

The undersigned media freedom, freedom of expression and human rights organizations denounce the inflammatory rhetoric directed at Deutsche Welle (DW) Turkish service reporter Alican Uludağ by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) officials and call on the Turkish authorities to ensure journalists’ safety. Journalists must be able to freely publish information they obtain on matters of public […]

Greek journalism is under sustained threat from the impact of the surveillance scandal “Predatorgate”, the unresolved killing of a reporter, abusive legal action and economic and political pressures. Following a mission to Athens, IPI today joins seven international organisations in calling on the Government and Prime Minister to show political courage and urgently take specific […]

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 […]